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Rheumatoid Arthritis in mice.

If you know anyone with Rheumatoid Arthritis they will tell you how much agony it can create for them. But now there are high hopes for a cure for such pain. Research provided by ETH Zurich is providing the hope for this claim. Rheumatoid Arthritis causes your joints to swell and cause sever pain. When the joints swell it can can also cause our bones and cartilage to slowly be destroyed. The therapy uses IL-4 to bind to proteins that will fight off the swelling, pain, and bone decay. By doing so they are able to target the exact place where the arthritis is causing pain and are able to stop it, unlike older treatments which give the entire body the medicine By combining this with anti-inflammatory medicine scientists where able to eliminate the pain caused by the arthritis within a few days. Not only did the treatment cure the pain from the arthritis in the mice, but it eliminated the swelling in the paws and toes which is outstanding progress. Due to the great success of the therapy, scientists are hoping to begin clinical tests within the next year on people suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis.

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