European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology
Ended7 months ago More20 Oct 2011
News
Posted to Resource Center Apr 18National Societies of Dermatology Support World Vitiligo Day
The Board of the VR Foundation thanks the Russian Society Of Dertmatovenerology for the support of World Vitiligo Day, which reflects their strong commitment to the future of...
Posted to News Mar 15
Vitiligo: What's New In 2012. Lecture at New York Academy Of Medicine
58th Annual Howard Fox MD Memorial Lecture, New York Academy of Medicine, a New York City Metropolitan Area Dermatology TraditionThe 58th Annual Howard Fox MD Memorial Lecture on March 13, 2012 provided by Torello M. Lotti MD, Professor and Vice Chancellor, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi in...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Mar 11
"Vitiligo: new insights" M. Picardo, "Low yield of routine screening for thyroid dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with vitiligo" M.W. Kroon, I.C.K.W. Joore, B.S. Wind et. al. and others in British Journal of Dermatology
British Journal of Dermatology Volume 166, Issue 3, pages 532–538, March 2012 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjd.2012.166.issue-3/issuetoc
Posted to Research / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Mar 11
Combination treatment by 10 600 nm ablative fractional carbon dioxide laser and narrowband ultraviolet B in refractory nonsegmental vitiligo: a prospective, randomized half-body comparative study
J. Shin1, J.S. Lee1, S-K. Hann2, S.H. Oh1 Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Sinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea 2Korea Institute of Vitiligo Research and Drs Woo and Hann’s Skin Center, Seoul, KoreaBritish Journal of Dermatology Volume 166, Issue 3, pages 658–661, March 2012 Summary Background Vitiligo is a common acquired depigmentation disorder caused by the loss...
Posted to Research / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Mar 11
Halo naevi and leukotrichia are strong predictors of the passage to mixed vitiligo in a subgroup of segmental vitiligo
K. Ezzedine1,2, A. Diallo1, C. Léauté-Labrèze1, J. Séneschal1,2, S. Prey1,2, F. Ballanger1, K. Alghamdi3, M. Cario-André2, T. Jouary1,2, Y. Gauthier1,2, A. Taieb1,2 British Journal of Dermatology Volume 166, Issue 3, pages 539–544, March 2012Author Information 1Department of Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology, National Centre for Rare Skin Disorders, Hôpital Pellegrin-Enfants, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux,...
Posted to News Mar 01
World Health Academy Foundation. NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS IN GENERAL MEDICINE AND DERMATOLOGY
THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK.The Authors Torello Lotti, Jana Hercogova, Damiano Turini have the pleasure to invite you to the presentation of the book NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS IN GENERAL MEDICINE AND...
Posted to Research Feb 20
Narrowband Ultraviolet B Phototherapy in Childhood Vitiligo: Evaluation of Results in 28 Patients.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2012 Feb 13. Percivalle S, Piccinno R, Caccialanza M, Forti S. Source UO Dermatologia, AO Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy UOS Fotoradioterapia, UO Dermatologia, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy UO Audiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.Phototherapy using narrowband ultraviolet B (UVB) is considered among the treatments of choice in vitiligo, even in childhood. The objective of the current study was to evaluate...
Posted to Research Feb 20
Hair Depigmentation and Vitiligo-like Lesions in a Leukaemic Paediatric Patient during Chemotherapy with Dasatinib.
Brazzelli V, Grasso V, Barbaccia V, Manna G, Rivetti N, Zecca M, Giorgiani G, Vassallo C, Borroni G.Acta Derm Venereol. 2012 Feb 6 Department of Dermatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS-Polclinic S. Matteo Piazza C. Golgi, 2, IT-27100 Pavia,...
Posted to News Feb 12
Deputy Scientific Director Position Available. VRF is looking for enthusiastic and motivated person who will dedicate his/her efforts to finding solutions for vitiligo.
Deputy Scientific Director position in non-profit organization is available. Vitiligo Research Foundation (VRF) is a non-profit organization serving to promote vitiligo R&D,...
Posted to Real stories Jan 27
"We are raising money for the Vitiligo Society through our Everest and Lhotse world record challenge!"
http://leannashuttleworth.com/vitiligo-society.htmlAN 18-YEAR-old from Penn has nearly fulfilled her ambition to climb the Seven Summits with just Everest left to face and has already broken a world record. Whilst raising money...
Posted to Get Involved Jan 27
Rare Disease Day, February 29, 2012
Rare Disease Day is an annual, awareness-raising event co-ordinated by EURORDIS at the international level and the National Alliances of Patient Organisations at the national level.February 29, 2012 marks the fifth international Rare Disease Day coordinated by EURORDIS and organised with rare disease national alliances in 25 European countries.On this day...
Posted to Research Jan 19
NEW Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research/ January 2012/ Volume 25, Issue 1
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcr.2011.25.issue-1/issuetoc"NLRP1, a regulator of innate immunity associated with vitiligo" (Andrea D’Osualdo and John C. Reed); "You have free access to this contentVitiligo as an inflammatory skin...
Posted to News Jan 16
VRF-CDSI India Special Research Grant
Vitiligo Research Foundation (VRF) in collaboration with Cosmetic Dermatology Society of India (CDSI) is proud to announce a call for grant proposals in vitiligo focused...
Posted to News Jan 12
World's First Dedicated Vitiligo BioBank: It wasn't easy at all...
With shipping factors across borders in mind, we had determined how best to preserve samples at the collection point to provide the maximum downstream utility. Proteins and...
Posted to Research Jan 12
World's First Dedicated Vitiligo BioBank is now open
The Vitiligo BioBank aims to promote coordinated large-scale biomarker discovery and validation, facilitate the identification of susceptibility genes, environmental and lifestyle factors and etiological pathways for vitiligo, and aid the design of treatments for this rare disease.The VR Foundation is proud to announce an opening of the dedicated Vitiligo BioBank - a repository of genetic material from patients and related unaffected individuals,...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Dec 07
Radiotherapy-induced pemphigus vulgaris with autoantibodies targeting a 110 kDa epidermal antigen
Talel Badri MD1, Houda Hammami MD1, Ali Lachkham MD2, Rym Benmously-Mlika MD1, Inçaf Mokhtar MD1, Samy Fenniche MD1Author Information 1 Dermatology Department, Habib Thameur Hospital 2 Otolaryngology Department, Salah Azaÿz Institute. Faculty of Medicine, University of...
Posted to News Dec 06
VRF Award Winner Announcement
To All Attendees of Barcelona VRF MasterClass, 2-5 Nov.2011The Vitiligo Research Foundation is pleased to announce the results of the 2012 stipend competition and selection of the Winner for the most outstanding performance during the...
Posted to News Nov 23
School on Pigmentary Disorders, Barcelona, 2011
The first School on Pigmentary Disorders for this year was held in Barcelona between 2 and 5 of Novemder. 35 delegates from 26 countries attended, mostly from Europe, some from...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Nov 10
Future research into the treatment of vitiligo: where should our priorities lie? Results of the vitiligo priority setting partnership
V. Eleftheriadou1, M.E. Whitton2, D.J. Gawkrodger3, J. Batchelor4, J. Corne5, B. Lamb5, S. Ersser6, J. Ravenscroft7, K.S. Thomas1, on behalf of the vitiligo priority setting partnership.Author Information 1. Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2NR, U.K. 2. Vitiligo Society, Cochran Skin Group, London,...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Nov 10
Comparisons of clinical features of HLA-DRB1*07 positive and negative vitiligo patients in Chinese Han population
D.-Y. Hu1, Y.-Q. Ren et.al.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Volume 25, Issue 11, pages 1299–1303, November 2011Abstract Background Human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-II alleles have been found to be associated with vitiligo in different populations, and several studies also suggested that...
Posted to News Nov 02
Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Dermatology (ESPD), Istanbul, May 16-19, 2012
Abstract Submission Deadline - 6 January 2012; Early Registration Deadline - 6 January 2012 ; Early Accommodation Deadline - 6 January 2012"Dear Colleagues, It is our great pleasure and honour to invite you to Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Dermatology (ESPD) organized by the Society of...
Posted to News Nov 02
The International School of Vitiligo & Pigmentary Disorders opens today
Barcelona, Spain - 2-5 November 2011PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Speakers: Prof. Augustin Alomar (Spain) Prof. Jana Hercogova (Czech Republic) Prof. Torello Lotti (Italy) Dr. Yan Valle (Canada). Participants:...
Posted to News Oct 31
Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited : First positive observations from Clinuvel’s US vitiligo trial
Company Announcement Friday 21st October 2011 Melbourne, Australia First positive observations from Clinuvel's US vitiligo trial Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:...
Posted to News Oct 31
The Annual Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology , Lisbon, 20-24th of October 2011.
The Final Programme is now available."Vitiligo-pathogenetic concepts and treatment options" M. Picardo (Rome, Italy); Children with vitiligo onset after a new family member birth, M. Rodrigez Martin (Tenerife,...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Oct 14
Childhood- and later-onset vitiligo have diverse epidemiologic and clinical characteristics
Presented at the 19th Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 6-10, 2010. Electra Nicolaidou MD, PhD Corresponding Author...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Oct 13
Vitiligo: an up-to-date./ Official XXIst International Pigment Cell Conference website - 21-24 Sept 2011, Bordeaux - France
S. MorettiLatest research efforts have improved our current knowledge of vitiligo and vitiligo patients. From the clinical standpoint, the Vitiligo European Task Force presented a...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Oct 13
ABSTRACTS/ Official XXIst International Pigment Cell Conference website - 21-24 Sept 2011, Bordeaux - France | updated: September 15 2011
http://ipcc2011.org/abstract/results
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Oct 13
Experience of surgical procedures in childhood vitiligo/ Official XXIst International Pigment Cell Conference website - 21-24 Sept 2011, Bordeaux - France | updated: September 04 2011
S.V. MulekarMost cases of vitiligo are acquired early in life with majority of patients showing the first symptoms of the disease before the age of 20 years. The prevalence of segmental...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Oct 13
Functionally distinct melanocyte populations revealed in mice: noncutaneous and dermal melanocytes versus epidermal melanocytes/ Official XXIst International Pigment Cell Conference website - 21-24 Sept 2011, Bordeaux - France | updated: September 04 201
T. KunisadaUnlike the thoroughly investigated melanocyte population in the hair follicle of the epidermis, the growth and differentiation requirements of the melanocytes in the eye,...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Oct 13
30 Years of Vitiligo Genetics
R. SpritzOral communication, S3 Seiji Memorial Lecture Official XXIst International Pigment Cell Conference website - 21-24 Sept 2011, Bordeaux - France | updated: September 04 2011 30...
Posted to News / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Oct 13
Afamelanotide for vitiligo to be tested in international clinical trial
Publish date: Sep 1, 2011 By: Louise GagnonINSPIRE program, a pilot phase 2 clinical trial, to test afamelanotide in patients with vitiligo 120 patients scheduled to be enrolled in the trial, with half receiving...
Posted to News Oct 05
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, Ralph M. Steinman
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2011/press.html Press Release 2011-10-03 The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided...
Posted to News Sep 29
XXIst International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC) “Skin and Other Pigment Cells: Bridging Clinical Medicine and Science” Organized by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the Department of Dermatology, University of Bordeaux
20–24 September 2011 Palais des Congrès, Bordeaux, Francehttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00885.x/full
Posted to Research / Immunology, Psycho-social aspects, Dermatology news 2011, Treatment variables, Guidlines and Reviews, Biochemistry, Children, Cosmetic Surgery, Genetics, Laser Therapy, Melanogenesis Sep 20
Crystal structure of a monomeric retroviral protease solved by protein folding game players
Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. Firas Khatib, Frank DiMaio, James Thompson & David Baker Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. Seth Cooper & Zoran Popović Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. Maciej Kazmierczyk, Miroslaw Gilski, Szymon Krzywda & Mariusz Jaskolski Center for Biocrystallographic Research, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland. Miroslaw Gilski & Mariusz Jaskolski Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Poznan, Czech Republic. Helena Zabranska & Iva Pichova Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. David BakerNature Structural & Molecular Biology (2011) doi:10.1038/nsmb.2119 Received 27 May 2011 Accepted 08 July 2011 Published online 18 September...
Posted to News Sep 13
Update on vitiligo-related patents and applications
09.09.2011 (WO2011108774) COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING POLIOSIS OR VITILIGO COMPRISING A PUERARIA GENUS PLANT EXTRACT OR PUERARIN. Disclosed is a composition for...
Posted to News Sep 08
Online diagnosis and treatment of your skin disease
"Although image-recognition software is still in its infancy, a number of mobile apps are already translating signs, naming landmarks and providing a running commentary on your...
Posted to News Sep 04
The International School of Vitiligo & Pigmentary Disorders
Barcelona, Spain - 2-5 November 2011Dear Colleagues, In today's competitive world of Dermatology, education and continuous training are the key to success and employability . Pigmentary Disorders of the skin are...
Posted to News Aug 26
Vitiligo World Stats
Statistics based on Google Search
Posted to News Aug 24
Library
Professional and detailed professional information about vitiligoWe have opened a section with articles. You are welcome!
Articles LibraryPosted to News Aug 21
Symposium Videos
Videos from Vitiligo World SymposiumDue to Youtube limitations videos are cut to pieces. Sorry for unconvenience.
Videos Quick review EventsPosted to News Jul 31
VRF presents software solution for R&D in skin diseases, such as vitiligo or melanoma
By Yan Valle July 29, 2011 Firenze - VR Foundation released beta version of Cloud Medical Research And Management system, a bio-IT solution for discovery of correlations between...
Posted to News Jul 14
Symposium photos
Photos taken during vitiligo symposium 7th july 2011Photos Quick review Events
Posted to News Jul 10
Quick review of the Vitiligo World Symposium results.
The Symposium was a first public appearance of the VR Foundation since formal inception 6 months ago. Level of support to the formerly unknown Foundation from top scientific...
Posted to News Apr 06
Call For Entries
01-Feb-11Call For Entries. The 2011 grant round for highly innovative Vitiligo research proposals is open until April 30, 2011.
MorePosted to News Apr 06
VRF: General Sponsorship
01-March-11The VRF proudly provides General Sponsorship to the II Continental Congress of Dermatology and IV Russian Congress of Dermavenerology, to be held in St....
Congress WebsitePosted to News Apr 06
Vitiligo World Symposium
01-April-11July 7th, 2011. St. Petersburg, Russia
Preliminary Program Invitation LetterPosted to News Apr 06
Beta testing of Cloud MRM
Coming soonThe VR Foundation is developing a unique Cloud MRM – an environment to bridge the gap between scientific frontiers and the patients who need treatment. Its core mission...
Pre-register
Become a contributor
The non-profit VR Foundation accepts a variety of contributed material on vitiligo, melanoma and pigmentary disorders for possible inclusion on the website www.Vitinomics.net.
More...25 JUNE INITIATIVE
The 25June Initiative aims to increase awareness of vitiligo and raise funds for research, national vitiligo associations and support groups. Led by the VR Foundation, this year’s goal is to mark World Vitiligo Day on June 25 a date to be observed annually by the United Nations.
More...
