Novartis has announced late-breaking results showing omalizumab met all primary and secondary endpoints of a pivotal Phase III safety registration study in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)1, a chronic and debilitating form of hives with limited approved treatment options2-4...
We constantly grow new skin and slough off the old. Until now, scientists have never agreed on exactly how this works, but new research from the University of Sheffield may provide the answer...
A research team led by pediatric blood and marrow transplantation experts Mark Osborn, Ph.D. and Jakub Tolar, M.D., Ph.D. from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, have discovered a remarkable new way to repair genetic defects in the skin cells of patients with the skin disease epidermolysis bullosa...
Manufacturer's dossier did not contain any relevant data for the comparison with diclofenac/hyaluronic acid gel The drug ingenol mebutate (trade name: Picato) has been approved in Germany since November 2012 as a gel for the treatment of certain forms of actinic keratosis in adults...
1. Daily Sunscreen Use Slows Skin Aging - Even in Middle-Age For the first time, science proves that daily sunscreen use significantly slows skin aging, even in middle-aged men and women. Sunscreen and antioxidants have long been advocated to prevent skin aging, but to date, there has been no scientific evidence of their effectiveness...
Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have determined the role of a key growth factor, found in skin cells of limited quantities in humans, which helps hair follicles form and regenerate during the wound healing process...
Human scabs have become the model for development of an advanced wound dressing material that shows promise for speeding the healing process, scientists are reporting. Their study appears in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Shutao Wang and colleagues explain that scabs are a perfect natural dressing material for wounds...
JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights A study by Kathie P. Huang, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues examined the prevalence of comorbid (co-existing) conditions among patients with alopecia areata (AA), an autoimmune disease that presents with nonscarring hair loss from some or all hair-bearing areas of the body, typically the scalp...
Every 20 seconds, a limb is lost as a consequence of diabetic foot ulcer that does not heal. To date, medical solutions that can change this situation are very limited...