RESEARCH - Researchers receive largest single collection of psoriasis DNA samples

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Researchers Receive Largest Single Collection of Psoriasis DNA Samples

ScienceDaily

01 Sep 2010

Millions of Americans struggling with psoriasis and psoriatic

arthritis are one step closer to a cure with the release of the first

National Psoriasis Victor Henschel BioBank DNA samples for use in

research at the University of Michigan Health System; research that

hopes to uncover the unknowns about the genetics of psoriasis and

psoriatic arthritis.

A disabling and disfiguring disease of the immune system that appears

on the skin, psoriasis is the most common autoimmune disease in the

country, affecting as many as 7.5 million Americans, yet it is one of

the most under-researched. Up to 30 percent of people with psoriasis

develop psoriatic arthritis, a related joint disease.

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