Building and Crossing the Translational Bridge: 2016 Alopecia Areata Research Summit Highlights

    December 2017 in “ ˜The œjournal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings/˜The œJournal of investigative dermatology symposium proceedings ”
    Dory Kranz, Abby Ellison, Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska, Angela M. Christiano, Maria Hordinsky, John E. Harris
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    TLDR The summit aimed to speed up finding treatments for alopecia areata.
    The 2016 Alopecia Areata Research Summit, organized by the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, focused on reviewing progress and setting new directions in research for alopecia areata (AA), an autoimmune disease affecting over 146 million people worldwide. The summit aimed to enhance understanding and accelerate the development of viable treatments by bringing together scientists from various disciplines as part of the Foundation's AA Treatment Development Program.
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