Posts by: Patricia Silva

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently revealed that weight loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after undergoing bariatric surgery improves disease activity. The study was recently published in the ... Read more

July 31, 2015July 31, 2015

Metagenomic Study Reveals Microbiome Differences in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

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A new study recently published in the journal Nature Medicine revealed that patients with rheumatoid arthritis have an altered microbiome in comparison to healthy individuals. The study was conducted by ... Read more

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015

Researchers Discover Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Valve Disease

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A new study led by researchers at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and the University of Melbourne in Australia recently revealed a link between rheumatoid arthritis ... Read more

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015

Inflammatory Arthritis Patients Found to Adopt an Antalgic Gait

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Researchers at the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand reported that patients with inflammatory arthritis, like rheumatoid arthritis, adopt a gait pattern that avoids pain ... Read more

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015

Chemical Compound Found to Effectively Reduce Inflammation and Protect Joints in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Rodent Model

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A study led by researchers at Montana State University revealed that a new chemical compound could potentially treat rheumatoid arthritis-related symptoms in an animal model. The study is entitled “Anti-Inflammatory ... Read more

May 15, 2015May 22, 2015

Mesoblast Cell Therapy Yields Encouraging Results for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment in Animal Model

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Researchers at The University of Melbourne and the company Mesoblast Ltd in Australia recently published in the journal PLOS ONE the finding that Mesoblast’s mesenchymal precursor cells (MPCs) are capable ... Read more

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015

Study Provides Insight into Immune Differences in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

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A team led by researchers at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom recently discovered that two specific cytokines are mainly expressed in the early stage of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ... Read more

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015

Alder’s Clazakizumab Yields Promising Results for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment in Phase 2 Trial

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Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that its therapeutic antibody clazakizumab (ALD518) has met the primary endpoint of a Phase 2b clinical trial in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The results ... Read more

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015

International Research Team Discovers a Gene Linked to the Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorder

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A study recently published in the journal Nature Communications by an international research team revealed the discovery of a novel gene associated with a particular disease called common variable immunodeficiency disorder (CVID), ... Read more

April 20, 2015April 20, 2015

Patients with Autoimmune Disease Report Neglected Debilitating Fatigue in AARDA’s Survey

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The American Autoimmune Disease Related Diseases Association (AARDA) recently announced in a press release the results of an online national survey concerning fatigue associated to autoimmune diseases. In total, 7,838 ... Read more