Rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers have found a way to “reboot” the immune system, helping to treat and prevent diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitis.

In newly published research, researchers have uncovered evidence of how bacterial toxins stemming from poor oral hygiene can make their way into the brain and may well contribute to Alzheimer’s disease, and others like it. ​

Combining two cellular-editing processes, researchers have developed cartilage that fights inflammation. The scientists hope that the breakthrough could eventually lead to localized injections that combat arthritis or perhaps a vaccine that would eliminate the condition altogether.

More than one million Americans suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. Now, success in an early clinical trial suggests that a new form of therapy could stop these symptoms taking hold, by retraining the patient's immune system to ignore a particular peptide that it normally identifies as a foreign foe.