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January 2025 digest

AI in AD and Allergy Research: Enhancing Collaboration with AI Experts Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, Advances in AI over the past two years have significantly transformed the medical landscape, challenging vigorously our professional environment. A thorough review by Lisik et al. [link] provides an insightful overview of AI’s applications in AD and allergy research—a field […]

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#StayInformed: January 2025 PubMed curation

Season of birth shapes human milk microbiome➜ DOI: 10.1111/all.16469In this Australian study, the season of infant birth emerged as the strongest determinant of the microbiome community structure with impacts on five of the most abundant taxa. This seasonal effect is not correlated with a bad taxon more prevalent in winter where AD is more common. The [...] Read More

Joint ISAD × GADA Research Fellowship

Communication from GADA Kicking off the new year with exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of the ISAD-GADA Fellowship! This program is designed to support #earlycareer #dermatologists or researchers in #epidemiology and #publichealth, providing them with the opportunity to collaborate with the GADA team, acquire valuable skills, and lead a small GADA […]

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Introduction to the Symposium: “How to Fight Atopic Dermatitis Misinformation in Social Media”

#event #free #online Save the date: April 4th, 2025 15:00-17:00 CEST Misinformation has been recognized as a critical Global Health challenge during the COVID pandemic, prompting its inclusion on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) priority list. In the digital age, the rapid spread of health-related misinformation on social media poses a significant threat to public […]

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December 2024 digest

Buzzes and controversies of last year in the AD literature Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, On behalf of ISAD, I extend my best wishes for a bright and successful New Year, filled with new achievements that will benefit our patients. We are actively planning our 2025 meetings and are excited to share some updates. Our Spring […]

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#StayInformed: December 2024 PubMed curation

Better spatial tissue imaging techniques to differentiate CTCL and AD➜ DOI: 10.1038/s41540-024-00474-xCutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCLs) can be difficult to distinguish from inflammatory skin conditions like atopic dermatitis (AD). Multi-antigen imaging protein abundance maps were analyzed with spatial graphs inferred from the cells' positions in the tissue samples. Characteristic patterns of skin tissue organization allowed a high-precision [...] Read More

November 2024 digest

AD evidence-based medicine outcome instruments: how to better integrate patients’ preferences? Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, A recently published study funded by Galderma investigates with the quantitative method named discrete choice experiment (DCE) the preference of patients and physicians when prescribing systemic treatments for AD. This DCE method is increasingly used in healthcare to elicit preferences […]

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#StayInformed: November 2024 PubMed curation

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT): first RCT.➜ DOI: 10.1111/all.16372This Chinese randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, studied the efficacy and safety assessment of FMT for moderate-to-severe adult patients with AD. All patients received FMT or placebo as capsules sourced for FMT verum from 2 strictly screened healthy donors once a week for 3 weeks, in addition to their [...] Read More

ISAD Society @ APAPARI 2024

Asia Pacific Academy of Pediatric Allergy, Respirology & Immunology November 23, 2024, Shenzhen, China The recent APAPARI (Asia Pacific Allergy Academy of Pediatric Allergology) annual congress was held in Shenzhen, China. The ISAD sent a delegation to meet the pediatric colleagues of this region who are caring for a sizable part of the patients worldwide. […]

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