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Fridays Child

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Reply to Warpy (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 03:38 AM

Feb 2014

...treatment might involve targeting the bad proteins without destroying entire cells? And, when you refer to cytokines, are those the bad proteins?

My son has advanced ankylosing spondylitis. I know that this research is about RA but I wonder whether a similar mechanism is in play with AS.

Anyway, if RA is anything like AS, you're dealing with a lot of pain.

I hope that real help is on the horizon for you and for my son.

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I wish I had the science background to understand this. Fridays Child Feb 2014 #2

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

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