All Articles Tagged As: arthritis

'Electronic switch' opens doors in rheumatoid joints (1/5/2008)

A breakthrough in understanding the way atoms move across cell membranes in the human body could pave the way for the development of new treatments for inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. ...> Full Article

Cancer and Arthritis Therapy May Be Promising Treatment for Diabetes (12/19/2007)

An antibody used to treat certain cancers and rheumatoid arthritis appears to greatly delay type 1 diabetes in mice, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. ...> Full Article

Researchers identify gene behind rheumatoid arthritis (11/7/2007)

Researchers have identified a genetic variant in a region on chromosome 6 that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common inflammatory arthritis affecting 387,000 people in the UK. ...> Full Article

'Enterprizing' vaccine for Rheumatoid Arthritis (10/7/2007)

Enterprize finalist, Dendright, will be pitching its vaccine technology for rheumatoid arthritis to venture capitalists and the public for a $100,000 prize next week. ...> Full Article

Study identifies genetic risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, lupus (9/8/2007)

A genetic variation has been identified that increases the risk of two chronic, autoimmune inflammatory diseases: rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). These research findings result from a long-time collaboration between the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and other organizations. ...> Full Article

Major New Arthritis Study (8/16/2007)

More than 1,000 rheumatoid arthritis patients from West Yorkshire are to take part in a major new study which could lead to more effective targeting of treatment. ...> Full Article

Scientist Blazes New Path For Predicting Disease (8/4/2007)

New tests hope to predict onset of autoimmune diseases. ...> Full Article

Removing A Sugar Turns Protective Antibodies Into Attackers (7/10/2007)

In autoimmune diseases like arthritis and lupus, proteins whose job it is to recognize and fight foreign invaders somehow stop recognizing the body as "self" and begin to attack. But exactly what happens to these antibody proteins to transform them into pathological "autoantibodies" capable of causing tissue damage and disease has remained a puzzle to immunologists. New research from Rockefeller University is slowly putting some of the pieces in place. ...> Full Article

Medical Researcher Determines Link between Foie Gras and Disease (6/22/2007)

University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine professor and researcher Alan Solomon, M.D., director of the Human Immunology and Cancer/Alzheimer's Disease and Amyloid-Related Disorders Research Program, led a team that discovered a link between foie gras prepared from goose or duck liver and the type of amyloid found in rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis. ...> Full Article

Largest Ever Study Of Genetics Of Common Diseases (6/12/2007)

Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium and genetics of seven common diseases ...> Full Article

Gene Recipe For Common Diseases (6/11/2007)

Scientists have isolated at least 25 genes that cause seven of the most common hereditary diseases including diabetes and arthritis in the world's largest genetic study. ...> Full Article

Researchers Reveal Clues To New Genes Behind Rheumatoid Arthritis (6/10/2007)

Researchers at the University of Manchester have identified evidence of several new genes behind the chronic inflammatory disease rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which affects 387,000 people in the UK. ...> Full Article

Rheumatoid Arthritis And The Impact Of Genetic Factors On Mortality (5/1/2007)

A chronic autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is marked by inflammation that takes a progressive toll on not only the joints, but also various organs and the whole body. RA sufferers, as many studies have shown, tend to face a high risk for early death, increasing with the severity of their symptoms. ...> Full Article