A Powder Regrows Fingers, Now Thigh Muscle for Marine...

A substance extracted from pigs has allowed Marine Corporal Isaias Hernandez to regain much of the muscle he lost to a mortar explosion while serving in Afghanistan.

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FDA approves new orphan drug...

FDA approves new orphan drug to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension.




On December 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Uptravi (selexipag) tablets to treat adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a chronic, progressive, and debilitating rare lung disease that can lead to death or the need for transplantation.

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Intracellular calcium integrates complex signaling to control stem cell activity...

A cross section through a fly intestine depicting intestinal stem cells in green and enterocytes, functional gut cells, in red with large blue nuclei. Left: Under normal conditions, stem cells are distributed throughout the basal side of the epithelium and can be activated to regenerate enterocytes. Upon constitutive elevation of cytosolic Ca2+, intestinal stem cells become rapidly activated and can regenerate enterocytes. Right: Shown here is a condition in which Ca2+ was strongly and chronically elevated, resulting in excessive stem cell proliferation and causing tumors. Credit: Akos Gerencser, PhD, Buck Institute

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2015 Nashville- Digestive System (Gut) Involvement in Scleroderma - Dinesh Khanna, MD MS

2015 Scleroderma Foundation National Conference (US) - Good talk on digestive system involvement and treatment options.

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Hearts build new muscle with this simple protein patch...

An international team of researchers has identified a protein that helps heart muscle cells regenerate after a heart attack. 

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Scleroderma Society of Canada National Conference

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Investigational Scleroderma Drug Resunab(TM) Granted Fast Track Status by the U.S. FDA

Corbus Pharmaceuticals' Investigational Drug Resunab(TM) Granted Fast Track Status by the U.S. FDA for the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis

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Crispr: Breakthrough announced in technique of 'editing' DNA to fight off deadly illnesses...

A revolutionary technique for “editing” the human genome with extreme precision has been used for the first time to “cut and paste” the genes of a key type of immune cell involved in protecting the body against a wide range of diseases, from diabetes to HIV and cancer.

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Diversability - Raising Disability Awareness

DIVERSABILITY IS A MOVEMENT TO RAISE DISABILITY AWARENESS AND RESHAPE CONCEPTIONS OF ABILITY.

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World Scleroderma Day Presentation to European Parliament

World Scleroderma Day Presentation to European Parliament!

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WORLD SCLERODERMA DAY!

IT'S WORLD SCLERODERMA DAY TODAY! SPREAD THE WORD!

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WORLD SCLERODERMA DAY!

June is Scleroderma Awareness month and June 29th is World Scleroderma Day! Spread the word!

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FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Actemra (tocilizumab) in Systemic Sclerosis

FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Actemra (tocilizumab) in Systemic Sclerosis

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June is Scleroderma Awareness Month

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Why Your Immune System Doesn't Eat You Alive..Well in our case it kind of does!

Contrary to conventional wisdom, T cells that cause autoimmune disease actually abound in the body but are held in check
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What I’d Change About the Way My Mom Treated My Disease...

“I remember being so curious about your condition in high school, but too sheepish to ask you. You inspired many investigative diagnostic queries into my mother’s medical texts, and as a result, I learned a whole hell of a lot about many disorders, none of them being the correct one! I wanted to know what you were going through, what it was like to be you. Was it painful? Your ravaged skin seemed like it would be painful even to a tender touch.”

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Cold weather twenty times more deadly than hot weather, study suggests...

Researchers found that moderately hot or cold weather accounts for seven times as many deaths as extreme temperatures.

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Leading Bioethics Expert to Guide J&J on Who Gets Its Experimental Drugs

Panel leader Arthur Caplan explains how this development will make the process of obtaining experimental therapies for terminal illnesses more transparent and fair

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Meet e-Patient Dave

When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online — and found the medical treatment that saved his life. See it on TED: Meet e-Patient Dave

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Welcome!

Welcome to the newest guide to online Scleroderma resources..

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