Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

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free2beme6060 01/22/2015

This is exciting news!
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Groundbreaking+New+Drug+Found+To+Cure+Rheumatoid+Arthritis+In+Mice+Set+For+Human+Trials+In+2015/10183903.html

coaltrain 01/23/2015

Good new is right! As the article says it's a long road for something like this to come to fruition in the US but at least the research is being done with some positive results.

MetalChic 01/23/2015

Wow! There would be dancing in the streets....I mean really, we could all go dancing!! It would be nice to see it in our lifetimes.

bcatz 01/23/2015

Can you even imagine?? A CURE????!!!

I've read a lot about some drugs that reset the disease. I think some of the biologics do that in a fashion. (For me, Enbrel reset my RA for a time frame with it and then without it...but it came back of course)

Oh I hope that every single person that is part of the trial gets their life back!

Trooper45yrs 01/25/2015

This is a very hopeful possibility to ponder. I wonder if they will be able to produce the combination in the lab without each patient's individual specific immune cells and antibodies. I also wonder how expensive it would be, either way.

altoclef 01/25/2015

Probably less expensive than years on biologics plus a few joint replacements.

pittRAlady 01/26/2015

Thanks for sharing. I pray it's a cure.

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