Psoriasis News
December 20, 2024
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Nov. 12, 2024 — Researchers have developed a patch for easier and more effective treatment of psoriasis. The method may also be used in treatment of other inflammatory skin ...
Sep. 26, 2024 — Scientists believe the hormone hepcidin, when produced in the skin, may be the root cause of psoriasis -- a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that affects 2-3% of the global ...
Aug. 21, 2024 — Childhood obesity can contribute to the development of common immune-mediated skin diseases (IMSDs), such as alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis, new research finds. Maintaining a ...
June 12, 2024 — Engineers have created a patch that combines sensors and bacteria to interact with the ...
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May 30, 2024 — Reaserchers have created a prototype for what they call 'living bioelectronics': a combination of living cells, gel, and electronics that can integrate with living tissue. Tests in mice found that ...
May 20, 2024 — A certain biological pathway drives the inflammation seen in the skin disease ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis -- a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes patients to develop red, scaly and itchy patches across their body. ...
Nov. 30, 2023 — Researchers discovered distinct mechanisms controlling different types of immune cells, and found that, by precisely targeting these mechanisms, they could selectively eliminate 'problematic cells' ...
Oct. 26, 2023 — Genetic analysis of psoriasis shows somatic mutations are not linked to the development or the spread of the ...
Jan. 4, 2023 — A common fatty acid found in the Western diet breaks down into compounds that contribute to increased temperature and pain -- but not itch -- ...
Dec. 16, 2022 — Scientists have made an important breakthrough in understanding how inflammation is regulated. They have just discovered that a key immune alarm protein previously believed to calm down the immune ...
Oct. 11, 2022 — Researchers have found that acute exposure of the skin to thirdhand smoke -- residual pollutants from tobacco smoke that remain on surfaces and in dust after tobacco has been smoked -- elevates ...
Sep. 23, 2022 — Two recent studies reveal how skin forms differently across different areas of the body from the face and underarms to the palms of our hands and ...
June 24, 2022 — The female hormone estradiol was found to suppress psoriasis in mice by regulating neutrophil and macrophage cells. The conditional knockout mice without the natural ovarian hormones estradiol showed ...
Earlier Headlines
July 6, 2022 — About one third of those who suffer from psoriasis develop inflammation in their joints (psoriatic arthritis) as a result of the chronic skin condition. A research team has now discovered a key ...