Experimental Psoriasis Drug Takes on Enbrel

jerry submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (www.webmd.com)

An experimental drug called ustekinumab shows better treatment results than an established drug, Enbrel, for treating moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in a new trial.

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Getting the Red Out: Drug improves kids' psoriasis symptoms

Sue Wu submitted, created time 11 months 2 weeks (www.sciencenews.org)

A rheumatoid arthritis drug can clear up psoriasis in most children, a new study finds. The report might be enough to cinch regulatory approval for the drug, etanercept, as the first systemic medication for psoriasis in youngsters.

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Small molecules may explain psoriasis

bianjie submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.eurekalert.org)

A research team at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has shown for the time that microRNA, small RNA molecules, may play an important role in the development of inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis and atopic eczema. The research team is led by Professor Mona Stle, one of Sweden's most prominent scientists in the field.

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Effect of Psychological Stress on Salivary Interleukin-1β in Psoriasis

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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease in which several Th1 cytokines such as interleukin-1 beta (IL-β) have been shown to play a pivotal role. Psychological stress has also been implicated in triggering or exacerbating the disease.

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