Regular Updates on the Many Forms of Arthritis
Interesting story from New Zealand discussing the possibility that high rates of gout in Pacific Islanders may be a genetic trait passed to them by ancient voyagers across the
Pacific Ocean.
Dr. Hallie Buckley, from
Otago
University’s Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, has been studying bones from the oldest cemetery found in the
Pacific
Islands. These remains are estimated to [...]
The genetic connection to many types of arthritis are being discovered at a rapid pace. Now comes findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine of another genetic link rheumatoid arthritis.
Two regions on Chromosome 9 have been previously identified as being linked to susceptibility and severity of RA. These are known as HLA-DRB1 and [...]
A global team of researchers, led by Professor Matthew Brown, from the University of Queensland’s Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, has discovered that there is a genetic relationship between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and Crohn’s disease. The study was published in the current issue of Nature Genetics.
AS is a form of arthritis that [...]
British scientists are conducting the first study on the human genome to determine the genetic causes of osteoarthritis. The two year study will help researchers find and develop drugs to block the genetic mutations that lead to the disease. 30 scientists at eight centers in the UK are currently seeking out 14,000 volunteers for the [...]
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