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A quick news bite about some new links found for a genetic root for psoriasis and lupus. I like that the reporter doesn’t try to dress up this announcement as anything other than a small advance in our knowledge of these 2 diseases. The research into a provable genetic link for rosacea symptoms is still at a very early stage. Maybe one day …

Dan has done a great job in creating and maintaining the Rosacea Supplements & Resources Pages. I’ve just checked the server stats and here are links to the most popular pages. Feedback on these pages is welcome - direct your emails to wiki-feedback@rosacea-research.org Oracea Oracea is a prescription-only sub-microbial anti-inflammatory (see Antibiotics / Anti-Inflammatories) that may be helpful in controlling …

Lots of buzz at the moment about the publicity raised by a nature.com article about Cathelicidins. Increased serine protease activity and cathelicidin promotes skin inflammation in rosacea Acne rosacea is an inflammatory skin disease that affects 3% of the US population over 30 years of age and is characterized by erythema, papulopustules and telangiectasia. The etiology of this disorder is unknown, …

It is not only rosacea that is interested in how VEGF affects blood vessels and thus how a disease that is related to blood vessels progresses. The `wet` type of macular degeneration is associated with the growth of abnormal blood vessels. Thus there may well be some common areas of research between rosacea and macular degeneration. In macular degeneration the blood vessels supplying the …

The NRS has published on their blog some results from a recently concluded study. The study was titled Structural and biologic changes in the rosacea skin induced by pulse dye laser and intense pulsed light, and was part funded by the now defunct Rosacea Research Foundation.

The study participants were treated with IPL or PDL on one side of their face. I’m not sure …