Researchers have discovered a protein that may predict disease severity for a lung condition that often proves fatal to patients with scleroderma. The recent study, published in Arthritis Care & ...

Medical University of South Carolina researchers show that patients with scleroderma, a connective tissue disease, and lung fibrosis, or scarring, have too little of the antifibrotic protein Cathepsin ...

Investigators have discovered that a biodegradable nanoparticle used in medical sutures could combat a rare, sometimes-fatal autoimmune disease. Researchers found that a unique macrophage, an immune ...

A team led by Spaniard David Lagares is searching for a treatment for pulmonary fibrosis and other ailments associated with ...

Systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is a serious complication affecting up to half of people with scleroderma, and it’s a leading cause of death. New guidelines and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DESTIN, Fla. — Detection and treatment of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis calls for early and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly 10% of patients with systemic sclerosis had systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma, a subtype without skin ...

An Anne Arundel County man celebrated a big milestone. It has been one year since his double lung transplant operation. Before this procedure, John Kelly was told he didn't have long to live because ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT FIVE. WELCOME BACK. A YEAR AGO, WE INTRODUCED YOU TO BARB HEENAN WHEN SHE DECIDED TO RIDE RAGBRAI WHILE BATTLING A CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. I MEAN, TALK ABOUT A ROCK STAR, RIGHT?

Researchers found a unique immune cell plays a key role in the chronic inflammation and scarring in the lungs and skin of people with scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis. After injecting mice with ...