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Arthritis News Archive18-Aug-2008
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.
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.
Hope for arthritis vaccine 'cure' (BBC News)
A single injection of modified cells could halt the advance of rheumatoid arthritis, say UK scientists.
?Moment I stop trying is the moment arthritis wins? (The Miner-Journal)
Imagine the smile on her face when 44-year old Laurie Appel, feeling out of place and intimidated, walked into a sporting goods shop to purchase her first pair of joggers.
Injured? Horsing Around With Stem Cells May Get You Back in the Saddle (Wired News)
Doctors might soon be able to regrow injured muscles, tendons and bones without invasive surgery, simply by injecting a person's own stem cells into the site of an injury. Veterinarians are already doing it with injured horses, and research into human applications is well under way. The National Institutes for Health seem to think regenerating human muscle and bone using a person's own ...
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.
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.
Beloved gorilla dies in Kentucky zoo (Moldova.org)
A gorilla known for his willingness to father and nurture younger gorillas has been euthanized at the Louisville, Ky., zoo.Known as Frank, the 44-year-old silverback gorilla had been a popular animal at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo for 30 years. He was moved to Louisville in 2002 but when increasing arthritis and other health issues finally left him in deteriorating condition, veterinarians ...
Single Jab Cure For Arthritis (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A single injection 'vaccine' that could help hundreds of thousands of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers is being developed by British scientists.
Workshops on aging prepare Americans for stark reality (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Aided by cotton earplugs and band aids on their fingers to mimic arthritis, hundreds of Americans are flocking to special workshops to discover at first hand what it's like getting older.
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