Join the 2024 SRF Research Challenge to support research like Dr. Flynn's! Dr. Ryan Flynn (Harvard University, Boston Children's Hospital) shares information about his SRF-funded research project, Cell Surface GlycoRNAs in Autoimmunity, and how it could help people living with scleroderma. Your support of innovative research like Dr. Flynn's, and other projects funded by the SRF, helps advance our understanding of this disease. By joining this year's Research Challenge, you'll be a part of the n

"Our research would not be possible without the generous support of donors." – Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD, SRF-Funded Researcher Dr. Medzhitov, Yale School of Medicine & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and other SRF-funded researchers are making groundbreaking strides in understanding and treating scleroderma. Their work brings hope to countless individuals and families impacted by this complex disease. This progress can only happen with community support. Your generosity fuels breakthroughs in scle

What genetic factors drive juvenile systemic sclerosis? 🧬 In this video, Dr. Kathryn Torok, SRF-funded researcher and pediatric rheumatologist at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, discusses her work on the Identification of Novel Pathogenic Genes in Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis project—AKA the Trios project. This study examines genetic factors that could lead to better treatments for young people living with juvenile systemic sclerosis. Watch the video to learn more!At the Scleroderma Research Fou

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