🔄FROM THE ARCHIVE: The condition does more to the body than wreak havoc on the skin, prompting a need for better treatments.
underlies dermatologists’ understanding of how these conditions start: Do genetic mutations cause patients to be susceptible to external allergens, or does frequent exposure to allergens make patients more likely to develop these conditions?as a key player in eczema’s weakening of the skin. Normally, the gene helps make the top layer smooth and hardened against invaders.
But researchers still need more data to understand what balance of genetic and environmental factors put patients at risk, says Kim. For now, he and other researchers are working toward ways to keep symptoms at bay by examining the ways the body can help fight eczema. One answer may lie in stimulating a specific type of immune cell — one that’s already in the spotlight for helping cancer patients.
“I would see these kids over and over again, and I thought, ‘that’s bizarre,’” Kim says. “I mean … there’s lots of ways you can injure the skin, but why are these kids, and the same kids, getting [the same diseases] over and over and over again?”
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