Psoriasis – a common, chronic skin disease that affects over 100 million people worldwide. It is incurable, even though there are pretty effective techniques for managing the symptoms. However, now scientists from the University of Birmingham have discovered a protein, which could eventually lead to more effective therapies for many skin problems including psoriasis. This...
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Simplifying skin disease diagnosis with topical nanotechnology
In a new SLAS Technology auto-commentary, two authors of an article recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering (Abnormal Scar Identification with Spherical Nucleic Acid Technology) share more insight into their unique method for skin disease diagnosis using NanoFlare nanotechnology. In particular, the authors address point-of-care diagnosis and image acquisition, which are the primary bottlenecks in efficient disease diagnosis. IMAGE:...
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A risk factor for drug-induced skin disease identified
Researchers have identified a type of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) that is associated with the skin disease bullous pemphigoid (BP) in diabetic patients administered with DPP-4 inhibitory drugs. IMAGE: THESE ARE NON-INFLAMMATORY BULLOUS PEMPHIGOIDS (BP) SEEN IN THE TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENT WHO ARE ADMINISTERED WITH DPP-4 INHIBITOR. DPP-4 inhibitor (DPP-4i) is widely used to...