Deadly Skin Disease Now Treatable: 100% Patient Recovery

Tejal Somvanshi

New technology DVP combines powerful microscopes and artificial intelligence to treat a severe skin condition TEN which kills 30% of affected patients.

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TEN makes skin die and fall off when patients react badly to everyday medications, antibiotics, or get certain infections.

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Using DVP, scientists found overactive proteins in skin cells and treated them with a medicine already used for joint pain.

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Seven patients fully recovered from TEN after taking this medicine for one month.

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DVP uses special microscopes, computer analysis, precise lasers, and advanced equipment to study tiny parts of cells.

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Dr. Andreas Mund says this is the first time this type of cell study has directly helped cure patients.

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Scientists are now using DVP to research blocked arteries, liver problems, organ growth, and skin cancer.

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Dr. Mann shows targeting specific proteins works better than medicines affecting the whole body.

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More testing planned to make sure the treatment is safe and works well for other TEN patients.

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DVP can study any mysterious disease if doctors can take a small piece of affected tissue for testing.

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