Arthritis News Archive

17-Aug-2008

 

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.

Scientists To Develop Rheumatoid Arthritis Vaccine (Medical News Today)
Scientists in the UK are hoping to develop a new vaccine using patients' own blood cells to suppress the effects of rheumatoid arthritis; if successful the work will signal a major breakthrough in the treatment of the auto-immune disease.

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.

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.

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.

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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