Rheumatoid Arthritis

Australia's national science agency CSIRO has identified a new gene that plays a critical role in regulating the body's immune response to infection and disease. The discovery could lead to the development of new treatments for influenza, arthritis and even cancer. The gene, called C6orf106 or "C6", more

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A treatment that improves the lives of nearly 1.3 million people with rheumatoid arthritis might one day originate from scorpion venom. A group of researchers led by Dr. Christine Beeton at Baylor College of Medicine has found that one of the hundreds of components in scorpion venom can reduce the s more

Publication date: 30 August 2018 Source:European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 121 Author(s): Annalisa Dalmoro, Sabrina Bochicchio, Shamil F. Nasibullin, Paolo Bertoncin, Gaetano Lamberti, Anna Angela Barba, Rouslan I. Moustafine Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs more

Methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy is a common first treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but many patients do not respond adequately. In order to identify genetic predictors of response, we have combined data from two consortia to carry out a genome-wide study of response to MTX in 1424 early RA pa more

Neurobiological similarities between RA and fibromyalgia Neurobiological similarities between RA and fibromyalgia, Published online: 15 May 2018; doi:10.1038/s41584-018-0011-y Pain management can be a difficult problem for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), some of whom can experience pain s more