Most people with scleroderma have autoantibodies. Several scleroderma-specific antibodies have been identified. These can help with diagnosis and give insight into the type of disease you may ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have uncovered a possible way to prevent the dangerous hardening of skin and organs in people with systemic scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease ...

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis refers to a disorder in which the skin and connective tissues of the body start to thicken and harden because of the overproduction of a protein called collagen.

The University of Michigan John Varga Lab, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and Northwestern researchers, published an article last year suggesting that a heavy-chain monoclonal antibody, Ab68, ...