Sunday, June 14, 2015

Unique bacterial fingerprint identified in systemic sclerosis

The results of a study presented 13 June, 2015 at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2015) Press Conference showed that people with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have  a unique bacterial signature in their colon, when compared with healthy people. These findings suggest that in the gut ecology could contribute to the clinical symptoms of  SSc, and could be used to diagnose the condition, and in the development of alternative treatments.

Read more:
Final_Systemic_sclerosis_is_associated_with_a_unique_colonic_microbial_consortium_OP0213.pdf

 Source: EULAR2015

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