One injection 'vaccine' cure for arthritis within five years

A single injection that could cure rheumatoid arthritis is being developed by British scientists.

Cells would be taken from the body, altered, and injected back into the affected joint. A team at Newcastle University will now test the vaccine on volunteers with the disease.

Scientists in the field are extremely excited about the development. Although a similar technique has been used in cancer research, this is the first time it has been adapted to rheumatoid arthritis.

The team also hope to find out if the vaccine is effective only in the joints it is injected into, or whether the new cells spread throughout the body.

Prof Silman said the treatment may prove expensive as each patient would have to have their own cells taken and manipulated rather than a drug which can be made in bulk and prescribed to all people with a condition.

He said it would be unlikely that the vaccine could be offered in normal local hospitals because of the expertise necessary to manipulate the cells in the laboratory.

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