Arthritis News Archive

15-Aug-2008

 

New anti-arthritis vaccine planned (Channel 4)
Scientists are aiming to develop a vaccine which could suppress the effects of rheumatoid arthritis - using patients' own blood cells. The treatment involves cells being taken from the patient before being altered and injected back into the affected joint.

British scientists test first arthritis vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
British scientists plan to start tests on a novel vaccine against rheumatoid arthritis, which could suppress the effects of the joint condition using patients' own blood cells.

UK & World News: New anti-arthritis vaccine planned (icNewcastle - Sunday Sun)
Scientists are aiming to develop a vaccine which could suppress the effects of rheumatoid arthritis - using patients' own blood cells.

'Single jab cure' for arthritis (Channel 4)
A single injection "vaccine" that could help hundreds of thousands of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers is being developed by British scientists. The jab contains cells which are taken from the patient's body, altered, and then put into affected joints.

Hope for arthritis vaccine 'cure' (BBC News)
A single injection of modified cells could halt the advance of rheumatoid arthritis, say UK scientists.

Dallas Zoo gorilla Hercules dies after arthritis treatment (Dallas Morning News)
Hercules, a 43-year-old gorilla at the Dallas Zoo, died from cardiac arrest Wednesday afternoon after undergoing treatment to relieve back pain caused by arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis vaccine ready to be tested on patients (The Herald)
Scientists are trying to develop a vaccine which could suppress the effects of rheumatoid arthritis using patients' own blood cells. The treatment involves cells being taken from the patient before being altered and injected back into the affected joint.

Arthritis vaccine developed (Herald Sun)
SCIENTISTS have developed a vaccine designed to protect against rheumatoid arthritis with one jab.

Single injection cure for arthritis 15 Aug 2008, 0124 hrs IST,PTI (The Times of India)
LONDON: British scientists are on track to develop a single injection "vaccine" cure for rheumatoid arthritis, a disease difficult to treat because it is caused by a malfunctioning immune system.

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