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Lonza launches new CytoSMART 2 System for capturing higher-resolution images of live cells

Lonza has today introduced the CytoSMART™ 2 System, an updated version of Lonza’s popular CytoSMART™ System for live cell imaging. The CytoSMART™ 2 Device features an advanced optical system and more powerful camera unit, which enables researchers to capture higher-resolution images of their cell cultures.

21 Sep 2017

FDA moves to guard against abuse of ‘orphan drug’ program

The Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves medicines known as "orphan drugs" after revelations that drugmakers may be abusing a law intended to help patients with rare diseases.

13 Sep 2017

NIH awards $15 million to develop 3D microphysiological system platforms that model human disease

More than 60 percent of investigational drugs fail in human clinical trials due to a lack of effectiveness, despite promising pre-clinical studies using cell and animal research models.

13 Sep 2017

TSRI scientists find new approach to reprogram ordinary adult cells into IPSCs

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a new approach to the "reprogramming" of ordinary adult cells into stem cells.

12 Sep 2017

Eli Lilly to lay off 8.5 percent of employees in bid to cut costs

Eli Lilly and Company announced yesterday that they have decided to lay off around 8.5 percent of their employees. The company was on its way to develop two potential major drugs over the past year but set backs have led to major financial losses, leading to this decision.

7 Sep 2017

Gout patient hospitalizations: what’s causing the increase?

We looked at all hospitalizations in patients with gout. The concern is that gout is often considered as a disease of just the joints, specifically of the big toe. Yet, there have been quite a lot of studies that have talked about the many other comorbidities that occur because of hyperuricemia and gout. The idea is that it's not just the crystal deposits in the joint, but other consequences that are happening because of this disease in the rest of the body.

31 Aug 2017

Study reveals new opportunities for treatment of Type 2 diabetes

Bacteria may be responsible for more than we suspect. Especially when it comes to inflammatory diseases such as Type 2 diabetes.

29 Aug 2017

NSAIDs may not be safe for arthritis patients with cardiovascular risk, study shows

Ibuprofen is associated with increased blood pressure and hypertension compared to celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to late-breaking results from the PRECISION-ABPM study presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress and published in EHJ.

28 Aug 2017

Anti-inflammatory therapy reduces incidence of lung cancer

In most clinical trials for cancer therapy, investigators test treatments in patients with advanced disease. But a recent cardiovascular secondary prevention study has given researchers a unique opportunity: to explore the effectiveness of giving a drug to patients before cancer emerges.

28 Aug 2017

Studies reveal strategies for using shingles vaccine in arthritis patients

New research indicates that the live varicella-zoster vaccine--which is given to protect against shingles--elicits robust immune responses in patients when administered several weeks prior to the start of treatment with the arthritis drug tofacitinib.

28 Aug 2017

Writing your way through cancer

When Lynn Scozzari wrote the beginning lines of that poem, "The Offering," in 2013, she was staring at a photo of a naked woman seated on a rock, her arms thrust open to a valley below. Scozzari herself was in a conference room of the cancer center at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., seated at a table stocked with coffee and tissues.

26 Aug 2017

Research reveals underlying reason for intense pain in patients with shingles

Chickenpox is a typical childhood illness. In most cases, it is benign, and the symptoms disappear within ten days. However, its causative agent, Varicella zoster virus (VZV), remains in the organism forever. In some cases, the virus can be reactivated years later, causing a different disease known as herpes zoster, or shingles.

24 Aug 2017

Drug-like molecule appears to interfere with inflammatory response in variety of diseases

A drug-like molecule developed by Duke Health researchers appears to intercede in an inflammatory response that is at the center of a variety of diseases, including some cancers, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease.

17 Aug 2017

Understanding the rise in NTM infections

It is important to keep in mind that nontuberculous mycobacteria are environmental, and so unlike mycobacterial tuberculosis, generally this is not a person to person transmitted disease. The organisms are found universally in water and soil and so most people are exposed on a daily basis.

16 Aug 2017

Chemist develops new sugar-coated probe to easily detect low pH in living cells

The human body is engaged in a constant tightrope walk to maintain the right pH, because when our cells' acid-alkaline balance goes wrong, it can go wrong in a big way.

11 Aug 2017

Research identifies crucial insights into early T-cell development

Mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme protein tyrosine phosphatase N2 (PTPN2) have been associated with the development of autoimmune disease including Type 1 diabetes, Crohn's Disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.

11 Aug 2017

Researchers uncover immunological mechanism involved in resolution of inflammations

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common autoimmune disease of the joints. It causes a chronic inflammatory response, with the body's own immune cells attacking the joint, including the cartilage and bone.

10 Aug 2017

Certain occupations may put workers at increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

New research indicates that certain occupations may put workers at an elevated risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. The findings, which appear in Arthritis Care & Research, suggest that work-related factors, such as noxious airborne agents, may contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

10 Aug 2017

Finger prick test offers opportunity to simplify therapeutic drug monitoring of biologics

A new study shows that patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune conditions who take the drug adalimumab can monitor drug levels in their bodies with a finger prick rather than undergoing a full blood draw.

9 Aug 2017

Timely diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome can prevent long-lasting damage

The sooner carpal tunnel syndrome is diagnosed and treated, the better the chances for symptom relief, according to experts at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

4 Aug 2017

Rheumatoid Arthritis News and Research

Latest Rheumatoid Arthritis News and Research

Lonza launches new CytoSMART 2 System for capturing higher-resolution images of live cells

FDA moves to guard against abuse of ‘orphan drug’ program

NIH awards $15 million to develop 3D microphysiological system platforms that model human disease

TSRI scientists find new approach to reprogram ordinary adult cells into IPSCs

Eli Lilly to lay off 8.5 percent of employees in bid to cut costs

Gout patient hospitalizations: what’s causing the increase?

Study reveals new opportunities for treatment of Type 2 diabetes

NSAIDs may not be safe for arthritis patients with cardiovascular risk, study shows

Anti-inflammatory therapy reduces incidence of lung cancer

Studies reveal strategies for using shingles vaccine in arthritis patients

Writing your way through cancer

Research reveals underlying reason for intense pain in patients with shingles

Drug-like molecule appears to interfere with inflammatory response in variety of diseases

Understanding the rise in NTM infections

Chemist develops new sugar-coated probe to easily detect low pH in living cells

Research identifies crucial insights into early T-cell development

Researchers uncover immunological mechanism involved in resolution of inflammations

Certain occupations may put workers at increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

Finger prick test offers opportunity to simplify therapeutic drug monitoring of biologics

Timely diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome can prevent long-lasting damage

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