Esther Kimani’s skin is thick, dry and sheds faster than normal which gives it a scaly-like appearance. And although her skin occasionally causes her discomfort, her greatest pain comes from the ...

Ichthyosis is a condition that causes your skin to become dry, thick, itchy, red, or cracked. Its name comes from the Greek ...

In a cross-sectional study, the Ichthyosis Scoring System (ISS) demonstrated equal reliability in assessing scale and erythema severity across all skin types, with excellent interrater reliability for ...

Researchers developed a topical gene therapy that corrects disease-causing mutations in human skin models using lipid ...

Gene-editing techniques such as CRISPR have enabled new treatments for previously incurable diseases. Researchers at the ...

A study published in PNAS has found that for people with a rare form of ichthyosis, medications previously used to treat cancer could be repurposed for treatment. International guidelines for the ...

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Skin, an editorially independent supplement produced with financial support from LEO Pharma. About this content. KaDee Troop is the mother of seven adopted ...

Congenital ichthyosis disorders constitute a complex, genetically heterogeneous group of hereditary skin conditions marked by aberrant epidermal differentiation and impaired barrier function. These ...

Findings showed no statistically significant difference between the proportion of patients who responded to TMB-001 vs those who responded to vehicle. A phase 3 study evaluating an investigational ...

Ichthyosis confetti, an extremely rare genetic skin condition that leaves bright red patches scattered across her body Portia Cina (2) When strangers see Portia Cina, they often pause before asking ...