Research Alert
Newswise — In a true example of bench-to-bedside science, researchers at UC San Diego have identified the cause of a rare skin disorder, disabling pansclerotic morphea, and swiftly identified a treatment that dramatically improved patients’ symptoms.
The scientists discovered that the patients have an overactive version of a protein called STAT4, and that the drug ruxolitinib improved patients’ rashes and ulcers.
The results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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