Causes found for stiff skin conditions

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 03/18/2010 - 22:00

(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) By studying the genetics of a rare inherited disorder called stiff skin syndrome, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have learned more about scleroderma, a condition affecting about one in 5,000 people that leads to hardening of the skin as well as other debilitating and often life-threatening problems.

The findings, which appear this week in Science Translational Medicine, open doors to testing new treatments.

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