Check out the latest research updates from the wider community from this month. While we didn’t fund these projects, we’re encouraged to see a continued focus on understanding scleroderma.
Measuring the blood levels of anti-CD146 antibodies may help identify people with systemic sclerosis (SSc) whose disease is associated with occupational exposure to silica and other mineral dusts, according to a small study.
Carbon dioxide hand baths may help in SSc-related Raynaud’s, study finds
Hand baths enriched with carbon dioxide (CO2) — a gas that exists naturally in the atmosphere, and is produced by living things breathing out — can significantly widen blood vessels of the fingers in people with systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated Raynaud’s phenomenon.
