More articles about: Skin Conditions
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Researchers identify a potential “Achilles heel” of psoriasis

Psoriasis study reveals how IL-23 therapies drive long-lasting disease control and points towards strategies to prevent relapse.
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Dermatology resident’s China rotation highlights value of global training

Leaders in Dermatology at Michigan Medicine are expanding a program that enables select residents to pursue a clinical experience abroad during the final year of training, with one resident having visited China late last year and three more expected to train abroad in the coming months.
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New study hints at cause of pachyonychia congenita and a long-awaited potential treatment

New University of Michigan-led offers much needed answers about a specific protein, called keratin 16 (K16), implicated in pachyonychia congenita and other skin conditions.
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Single-cell RNA sequencing gives insight to dermatomyositis treatment

Comparing skin lesions in dermatomyositis and lupus using single-cell RNA sequencing gives rheumatology researchers at University of Michigan Health new insight into treatment targets for dermatomyositis patients.
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At-home melanoma testing: Skin patch test works in mice

Melanoma testing could one day be done at home with a skin patch and test strip with two lines, similar to COVID-19 home tests, according to University of Michigan researchers.
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Family finds answers to rare, genetic glaucoma

When a father and his two kids developed an array of peculiar symptoms, doctors, Brazilian researchers and the NIH partnered to find a diagnosis and path to treatment.
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Decoding mechanisms of photosensitivity in autoimmune diseases

Photosensitivity is a common occurrence in patients with autoimmune disorders, especially lupus and dermatomyositis. The only treatment for this currently is diligent sunscreen use, but research is leading to new insights in how photosensitivity is created on a cellular level.
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Study doubles number of genetic signals for psoriasis

A large genome wide association study (GWAS) of psoriasis identifies new susceptibility variants that underlie this common, yet enigmatic, skin disease.
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Topical Mupirocin lowers lupus inflammation

J. Michelle Kahlenberg, M.D., Ph.D., led a team of researchers looking at an alternative treatment for lupus rashes with a topical treatment called mupirocin. 
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Sunscreen dispensers make skin cancer prevention easier

Medical students have worked to place dispensers at parks, pools and golf courses around Washtenaw County to give people easy access to sunscreen.
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Dermatology goes “global”

A program at Michigan Medicine gives dermatology residents a chance to work internationally.
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Turning back the clock on photoaging skin

Experts observed in a new study that injection of the most popular type of dermal filler, cross-linked hyaluronic acid, into photoaged skin could reverse the dermal changes associated with photoaging.
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Novel antibody targets CD38 enzyme to treat systemic sclerosis

New study has identified an enzyme contributing to systemic sclerosis.
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Study finds healthy-appearing lupus skin predisposed to flares, rashes

In patients with lupus, immune cells undergo an inflammatory transformation when migrating from the blood to the skin.