Nearly 1 in 3 patients with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease will develop progressive pulmonary fibrosis.

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Collaborative research efforts are geared to improving disease that affects connective tissues via innovative drug delivery systems. Researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) have devised tiny ...

Focusing on CTD-PAH, key opinion leaders discuss how the disease can be identified and relevant impact on quality of life. Transcript: Charles D. Burger, MD: When examining patients in the ...

Researchers highlighted the potential long-term consequences of COVID-19 on incident autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders in a recent study. A substantial risk of autoimmune and ...

Many thanks to The Forum for publishing the article about the Essentia Health nurse practitioner who identified a sign of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome in a young patient, leading to the diagnosis of this ...

A research team has devised tiny cargo-carrying systems many times smaller than a human hair, made from molecules called peptides that help provide structure for cells and tissues. The team has ...

University of Delaware Professor Kristi Kiick is leading collaborative research to create new drug delivery systems with the potential to improve treatment for diseases that affect connective tissues, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One out of three registered randomized controlled trials on connective tissue diseases are never completed or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease was associated with poorer survival in patients with connective ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to review certain heritable conditions related to ...