Drug could provide first treatment for scleroderma

Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 06:49 in Health & Medicine

Investigators have identified a drug that is currently approved to treat certain types of cancer, Gleevec, that could provide the first treatment for scleroderma, a chronic connective tissue disease for which a treatment has remained elusive. The news will be presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology on 18 October in Philadelphia...

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