Drug Relieves Arthritis, Study Finds

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BOSTON -- For the first time, a drug has relieved rheumatoid arthritis by knocking out a certain type of immune cell -- an approach that could open the way for precisely targeted "smart" treatments for the joint disease and other illnesses, too.

Other arthritis drugs on the market either treat just the symptoms, or employ a broader, more scattershot effect against the underlying process. Such drugs can have toxic side effects because they kill healthy cells along with the diseased ones.

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Drug Relieves Arthritis, Study Finds

The latest research, an international study led at University College London and published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medi...

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