Localized scleroderma, as the term denotes, is localized to the skin on the hands and face. It is characterized by slow progression and rarely transforms to the systemic type. Localized scleroderma is ...

Padua, Italy - Although juvenile localized scleroderma is typically thought of as a skin disease, Dr Francesco Zulian reports in the September 2005 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism that 22.4% of ...

Fibrocell Science has submitted an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) with the FDA for a gene therapy candidate to treat moderate to severe localized scleroderma. Fibrocell Science has ...

Given the potential significant morbidity of linear scleroderma, it is important to identify treatment approaches that can improve outcomes. This study provides another dataset that supports the use ...

Clinical enrollment for an open-label, single-arm Phase 1/2 trial of FCX-013 was initiated in August 2018. Fibrocell Science announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Fibrocell Science announced in a press ...

Localized scleroderma is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by hardening and thickening of the skin due to increased collagen density. A quarter of patients affected also experience ...

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Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease involving an overproduction of the protein collagen. Linear scleroderma usually begins as a streak of hardened, waxy, discolored skin on the forehead, an arm, ...

Scleroderma is a rare and often fatal disease, causing the thickening of tissue, that currently lacks a cure and any effective treatments. A group of researchers is looking to change that. The group ...

A reader writes in to note that June is scleroderma month and points out that more Canadians have this disease than those with cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis or muscular dystrophy combined. She ...