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Inside the little-known disease that causes babies to be born with hard scales
Harlequin ichthyosis affects just a handful of newborns each year in the US, but the condition is unmistakable, marked by a ...
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Harlequin ichthyosis: The rare genetic disease that gives babies hard 'scales'
The genetic disease harlequin ichthyosis affects the transport of fats within the skin, resulting in hard, scalelike plaques ...
9-Year-Old Girl with Devastating Skin Disorder Lives in Pain: 'I Can't Play on the Playground' (Exclusive)
Tayma, 9, struggles with the most severe version of Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare, agonizing disorder that causes skin to ...
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Scientists prove this common vitamin acts at the cellular level to reverse signs of facial skin aging
Scientists found that vitamin C doesn't just protect skin from damage - it actually turns on sleeping genes that help make ...
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FDA Approves New Gene Therapy for Rare Genetic Skin Disorder - WebMD
April 30, 2025 – The FDA has approved a new cell-based gene therapy for people with a rare genetic skin disorder known as recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) after clinical studies ...
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FDA Approves Zevaskyn for Rare, Genetic Skin Disorder
FDA approval of Zevaskyn was based on findings from two clinical studies. In a single-center, open-label, phase 1/2a study involving 38 chronic wounds in seven patients, a single surgical ...
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FDA Approves Zevaskyn for Rare, Genetic Skin Disorder
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zevaskyn (prademagene zamikeracel) for patients with the rare, genetic skin disorder recessive ...