Latest JAK inhibitor trials for severe skin disease are a success
A new study shows that one in three patients with a severe skin disease were able to regrow hair after being treated with a common arthritis drug.
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A new study shows that one in three patients with a severe skin disease were able to regrow hair after being treated with a common arthritis drug.
Mar 28, 2022
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The parasites that cause a disfiguring skin disease affecting about 12 million people globally may have met their match in vaccines developed using CRISPR gene-editing technology, new research suggests.
Mar 16, 2022
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Amyloid beta, a protein known to build-up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, also helps skin cancer cells thrive when they spread to the brain, a new study finds.
Mar 9, 2022
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Many melanoma patients are treated with drugs called BRAF or MEK inhibitors that specifically target the mutant proteins created in cancerous tumors. These inhibitors can block the tumors' ability to grow and spread.
Feb 28, 2022
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Acne is among the most common skin diseases in the United States, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, affecting up to 50 million Americans each year. It is also among the least studied.
Feb 16, 2022
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Atopic dermatitis, a common skin condition affecting both children and adults, is often thought of as an inflammatory disease that arises from a breakdown in the barrier function of the skin. Now a new study pinpoints a cascade ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and King's College London have identified how specialist immune cells, called gamma delta T cells (γδ T cells), sense the body's status quo, enabling them to assess the health ...
Feb 15, 2022
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In cancer research, it has long been known that lactic acid, or lactate, is produced in large quantities by cancer cells and that this lactic acid disrupts our defense against tumors. Until now, however, we did not know exactly ...
Jan 28, 2022
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A study published today in Cell Reports reveals important insights into the molecular mechanisms that underpin the body's natural defenses against the development of skin cancer. The findings offer new clues into the behavior ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a rare, life-threatening skin condition for which there are no approved treatments. It is characterized by episodes of widespread eruptions of painful, sterile pustules (blisters of ...
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