"Speaking of Vitiligo..."

While genes clearly influence the risk of vitiligo, they’re not the entire answer. If genes aren’t the whole story, what else is there? This has been asked for other autoimmune diseases as well

Why do we need to continue research in vitiligo? If we’re right about what causes vitiligo, why isn’t there a cure? In fact, modern medicine can’t cure most diseases, despite knowing exactly what

A report was recently published describing a study to test the ability of afamelanotide to improve the response of vitiligo patients to narrow band ultraviolet light B (nbUVB) phototherapy.

I just returned from the international Pigment Cell Conference (iPCC) in Singapore, where experts from all over the world who study diseases related to melanocytes, the pigment cells

What is beauty, and how does vitiligo affect it? In less than two weeks (August 18th), America’s Next Top Model will begin its 21st cycle to determine the winner of the reality show focused on

Vitiligo patients are frequently told that they are at a high risk for skin cancer because they are lacking the natural protection of the skin pigment melanin against the sun’s harmful rays.

Obtaining funding for vitiligo research is challenging, and I just submitted a grant application to the NIH today to help us continue our studies. I thought this would be a good time to explain

World Vitiligo Day is tomorrow, June 25th. It was established to raise awareness for vitiligo, a disfiguring autoimmune disease that causes white spots on the skin. The 25th of June was selected

A recent NPR story discussed the relationship between a father and daughter who both had vitiligo. Vitiligo patients often want to know whether their family members will also get vitiligo.

There is no simple answer to this question for a number of reasons, partly because of our still limited knowledge of the disease, and partly because different patients often mean different