New assay may lead to a cure for debilitating inflammatory joint disease

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis relieve the inflammation that leads to joint destruction, but the immunologic defect that triggers the inflammation persists to cause relapses. Known as autoantibodies and produced by the immune system's B cells, these defective molecules mistakenly attack the body's own proteins in an example of autoimmune disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news