Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc), also referred to as scleroderma, is a rare autoimmune disease associated with vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis of the skin and/or internal organs. Interstitial lung ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Scleroderma." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Selected Immune Disorders and Disability. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: ...

Two new studies led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered key biological mechanisms driving systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma – a rare and often devastating ...

RIT biomedical engineering researchers identify a protein that can reduce fibrosis and slow disease progression.

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Scleroderma Foundation, a national nonprofit that advances medical research, promotes disease awareness and provides support and education to people with ...