Skin ailments

Gene therapy helps treat life-threatening skin disease

The boy suffers from epidermolysis bullosa, a genetic skin disease that had destroyed about 80 per cent of the outermost layer of his skin.

Nov 11, 2017, 14:14 PM IST

Eczema has another cause – lack of protein skin barrier responsible to triggering condition

Atopic eczema is a common skin condition and often found in children in the first year of their life and persists into adulthood with severe itching that has profound effects on well-being and may lead to sleep disturbance.
 

May 07, 2017, 11:41 AM IST