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Warpy

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1. That could lead to preventive medicine, certainly

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 02:28 AM

Feb 2014

What we RA gimps would really like is something that attacks those nasty inflammatory cytokines without attacking us in the process. The biologicals do a good job of it be many of us can't take those.

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Prime culprit behind the onset of rheumatoid arthritis identified [View all] kristopher Feb 2014 OP

That could lead to preventive medicine, certainly Warpy Feb 2014 #1

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I can boil it down a bit Warpy Feb 2014 #4

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They're incurable at present Warpy Feb 2014 #5

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