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Coming Soon, a Single Injection That Spells Doom for Arthritis!
Rheumatoid arthritis is a condition where the body's immune system attacks the joints, unlike oestoarthritis, which is more like wear and tear of the joints.
It is difficult to treat because it is caused by a malfunctioning immune system, causing inflammation in the wrong places.
The team at Newcastle University will now test the vaccine on volunteers with the disease.
"This is an important potential cure. It is possible one injection could switch off the abnormal immune response. If it works it could reverse the disease and stop further episodes," the Telegraph quoted Prof Alan Silman, medical director of the charity Arthritis Research Campaign, which funded the research, as saying.
The Newcastle team will test the effectiveness of the new vaccine in eight volunteers with rheumatoid arthritis from the Freeman Hospital as part of a pilot study, which could then lead to larger trials.
Using chemicals, steroids and Vitamin D, the team has devised a way to manipulate a patient's white blood cells so they surpress, rather than activate, the immune system.
It is thought the cells will then act as a brake on the over-reacting immune system and stop it attacking its own joints.
John Isaacs, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology at Newcastle University's Musculoskeletal Research Group, who is leading the team, said that although the work was in a very early, experimental stage it was "hugely exciting".
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