Equipped with a blood test capable of predicting an individual’s response—or lack thereof—to the world’s largest drug class, Scipher Medicine is on its way to cracking the code of rheumatoid arthritis ...

SAN DIEGO — Erinn Maury knew Remicade wasn't the right drug for Patti Schulte, a rheumatoid arthritis patient the physician saw at her Millersville, Maryland, practice. Schulte's swollen, painful ...

A rheumatoid factor test checks for an antibody that can be a marker for rheumatoid arthritis. It is one part of diagnosis. Not everyone with a positive rheumatoid factor blood test has rheumatoid ...

About 1.5 million Americans suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks healthy cells, typically around the joints, causing swelling and deformity. Generally ...

Oct. 28, 2003 (Orlando) -- The presence of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (CCP) may accurately predict the likelihood of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients with recent-onset ...

A simple blood test could determine which drug and dosage is more likely to be effective against rheumatoid arthritis, potentially saving sufferers serious side effects and Australian taxpayers ...

RA is an autoimmune disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of joints, causing inflammation and potential joint damage. Treatment goals for RA include reducing inflammation and ...

Erinn Maury knew Remicade wasn’t the right drug for Patti Schulte, a rheumatoid arthritis patient the physician saw at her Millersville, Maryland, practice. Schulte’s swollen, painful joints hadn’t ...