Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis refers to a disorder in which the skin and connective tissues of the body start to thicken and harden because of the overproduction of a protein called collagen.

A cross-disciplinary University of Alberta research team has uncovered a biological marker for scleroderma that can predict which patients will develop severe disease and could also lead to new ...

"I like to say you have good days, bad days, and perhaps worse days." That's how Harold Abney describes Scleroderma - a disease he's lived with for 19 years. "It's a day by day conquest," he says.