Guest guest Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Hi everyone A possible cure for RA has been announced by the Garvan Institute in Australia. Here is some info on the announcement............ Garvan Institute claims rheumatoid arthritis success Researchers at the Garvan Institute in Sydney say they have developed a new drug which can cure the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. The drug was given to mice with the disease. Within hours, their inflamed tissue returned to normal. The Garvan Institute has signed a commercialisation deal with an international pharmaceutical company. Professor Mackay says they hope to start human trials of the drug next year. " You can induce rheumatoid arthritis in mice and their joints became inflamed and swollen, " he said. " When you apply our drug you can completely reverse this process and the joint looks completely normal and there is no evidence of any inflammatory cells in the joint. " .........sounds promising. Let's keep our fingers crossed on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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