New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found no clear association between immunosuppressive or anti-fibrotic medications and ...

Researchers have uncovered cancer-like genetic mutations in the affected cells of people with scleroderma, pointing the way to potential new ways to treat the debilitating and sometimes fatal skin and ...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma, is a chronic, multisystem autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by exaggerated fibrosis, vasculopathy, and derangements of the immune system. When ...

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.

Stephanie Daniels couldn't bend down to put on her socks. She noticed the first symptoms of scleroderma about 2 1/2 years ago while attending St. Edward's University in Austin. The disease's name ...