Guest guest Posted April 26, 2002 Report Share Posted April 26, 2002 Marjorie: It's great to know he is still working on it. I hope he uncovers some info that will help us. I wonder why he cannot focus more on rosacea considering the fact that the NRS gave him the grant money to do it. I feel a little cheated considering the fact that much of the money is probably donations from rosacea sufferers. Maybe just a small portion was given by the NRS. Patty > > I just received a reply from Dr. Ethan Lerner. (He's the physician > researcher who was given an NRS grant 1-2 years ago for studying the > direct effects of nitric oxide (NO) in the skin. You may recall that > his mice research found those with high NO skin levels had > inflammation around their hair shafts. The results of his more recent > work measuring NO levels in human skin samples was too early to > report.) > > In his reply, he described his work regarding NO and rosacea as still > in the hypothesis stage, meaning he has no direct evidence proving a > link between NO (or other peptide vasodilators) and rosacea. It > sounds like rosacea is not the major thrust of his work, but that's > not to say that rosacea won't eventually benefit from his work. He's > presently performing preliminary (pre-clinical) work on topically > applied NO inhibitors. I wouldn't expect him to share with me how > that's going. > > I wrote back thanking him for his work on behalf of those with > rosacea who are anxious for more treatment options, and I requested > that he keep me posted on his progress. > > Marjorie > > Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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