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 ...

Much of the research on scleroderma, a connective tissue disease that causes scarring, or fibrosis, has focused on the increased number of proteins promoting fibrosis in these patients. A Medical ...

Extracellular vesicles, responsible for cell-to-cell communication, might be a driver of fibrosis in systemic sclerosis, according to a recent paper in Arthritis and Rheumatology. Characterized by ...

A man with an incurable lung condition completed a marathon with an oxygen tank on his back. Diven Halai, 37, has scleroderma, a rare autoimmune condition that has damaged his lungs. He encourages ...

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis refers to a disorder in which the skin and connective tissues of the body start to thicken and harden because of the overproduction of a protein called collagen.

At first, doctors thought it was carpal tunnel syndrome. The diagnosis made sense to Shannon Abert, a high school algebra teacher whose hands couldn’t scratch out equations on the chalkboard like they ...

Caroline Graettinger, left, and Taitia Shelow, both of Cecil Township, have been diagnosed with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease that causes hardening and thickening of the skin and other organs ...

Cool Comedy • HotCuisine was organized and produced for decades by the late Bob Saget, whose sister Gay lost her life due to ...

Cheryl Argiros has scleroderma, a rare and often fatal skin-hardening disease that defies treatment. Her facial skin is like polished stone. Cheryl Argiros of Coventry, Conn., already has participated ...

NORTH BOSTON, NY — On Saturday, a raffle event, "Lungs for Louise," was held in the North Boston Fire Department Hall for a woman awaiting a double lung transplant. Louise Forney has Scleroderma, a ...