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A New Cell Model Could Help Kids and Teens with Arthritis
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A new cell model could help kids and teens with arthritis
Claire Jiang, 18, still vividly remembers starting to feel sick during a test in third grade. She felt feverish. Her elbow hurt, and she struggled to move it. Her symptoms, it turned out, had been triggered by juvenile idiopathic arthritis, or JIA. This chronic illness causes pain and damage to joints in kids. After her diagnosis, Claire learned how limited her treatment options were. One reason: Scientists lack a model of JIA-affected joint cel…
For a while we are seeing pediatric patients with joint pains and other associated manifestations, more often in girls, who refer to pain on their knees or wrists related to movement limitations.We have two diseases: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (RH) and Systemic Lupus erythematosus (SLE), the latter being the most complicated.In this disease, the person's body creates antibodies against some or some organs in themselves.So it can make antibodi…
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