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Systemic nitrite therapy. Researchers discuss their ongoing investigation of how nitrite is absorbed by the skin to reach internal organs through the circulation.  Read this letter to the editor and learn how the authors also found that nitrite may have an immunomodulatory effect. 

SID 2010: 5-8 May, Atlanta, GA. Join the Society for Investigative Dermatology’s 70th Annual Meeting at the Hilton Atlanta Hotel. For more details, please visit the conference homepage. Online abstract submission is now open.

A new article in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology reveals the mechanism by which caffeine may protect the skin against the damage of UV exposure. Read the article and press release.

Relatively recent research initiatives in laboratories worldwide have yielded notable advances in the understanding of immunobullous disorders, including their nosology, pathophysiology, associations, and epidemiology.  Read more about autoimmune bullous diseases featured in Milestones Cutaneous Biology.