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Gene therapy promising for rheumatoid arthritis (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Researchers have successfully used gene therapy to substantially reduce joint pain in two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Study Provides First Evidence Of Clinical Response To Gene Therapy (Medical News Today)

A study that delivers the first clinical evidence that gene therapy can reduce the symptoms of patients with rheumatoid arthritis appeared in the February issue of Human Gene Therapy. The authors of the study, which was carried out in 1997 and 1998 under the direction of Dr.