Gene therapy demonstrates benefit in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 13:07
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have reported the first clinical evidence that gene therapy reduces symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, an important milestone for this promising treatment which has endured a sometimes turbulent past. Described in the February issue of the journal Human Gene Therapy the findings stem from a study of two patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis conducted in Germany and led by an investigator at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC)...
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