Emerging evidence suggests that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - specifically Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis - and psoriasis are strongly associated, sharing common genetic predispositions and immunological mechanisms.

The third issue of PAPAA’s Pso Pscience review digest is now available to download. The digest is aimed at providing a brief look at some recent research developments in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

We were recently reminded about the difficulties people face when working with psoriasis. The enquirer shared their letter of employment termination from 1989 with the question “I do wonder if anything has changed?”

Nowadays, it seems that almost every TV celebrity and sports star parade some form of body art, especially tattoos.  Among professional footballers, having at least one arm fully tattooed seems to be de riguer. 

Issue 56 of Skin ‘n’ Bones Connection has just been published. The journal was first published in 1993. The contents of the journal are aimed at providing information that may be of interest to people with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis or those who have a specialist interest, whether in a personal or professional capacity.

Connect Immune Research are launching a new grant scheme for early career researchers. The Lab Placements Grants are designed to fund researchers to undertake a formal placement at a selected laboratory to learn a new skill and/or technique, or to carry out experiments essential to a project. 

Launched by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (the MHRA), the seventh annual #MedSafetyWeek is running until 13 November to encourage widespread public engagement and improve patient safety by reporting suspected side effects associated with medicines and adverse incidents involving medical devices.

Have you been prescribed an active topical treatment for psoriasis? Would you like to help researchers to understand how to best support people to use these treatments by taking a short online survey?

The second issue of PAPAA’s Pso Pscience review digest is now available to download. The digest is aimed at providing a brief look at some recent research developments in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

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