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.

"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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The last 3 years of drug development in scleroderma have come to represent everything that ails the current ...