Psoriasis News
July 26, 2024
Top Headlines
June 12, 2024 — Engineers have created a patch that combines sensors and bacteria to interact with the ...
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 the devices could continuously monitor and improve ...
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. According to researchers, if two copies of this ...
Latest Headlines
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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 ...
Nov. 19, 2021 — About 7.5 million Americans suffer from psoriasis, an autoimmune disease that shows up as patches of red, inflamed skin and painful, scaly rashes. Although there are effective treatments for ...
Oct. 4, 2021 — Patients with psoriasis have reported that glycerin, an inexpensive, harmless, slightly sweet liquid high on the list of ingredients in many skin lotions, is effective at combating their psoriasis ...
Aug. 12, 2021 — Results from a new study reveal that targeting interferon kappa, a protein made by skin cells, may reduce the severity of psoriasis. Researchers say the findings will bring physicians one step ...
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 ...
Oct. 22, 2021 — Interleukin-12 -- a messenger molecule of immune cells -- was long considered to trigger the development of psoriasis. Now, researchers have shown that interleukin-12 does not actually cause the skin ...