Gene therapy could prevent arthritis

March 15, 2013

Most people who live to old age will suffer from arthritis. The condition’s prevalence is growing alongside a graying world population. However the only treatments at the moment address the symptoms rather than the cause—the loss of cartilage in joints. Joint replacement is a last-ditch solution for some sufferers. Now a gene therapy approach has demonstrated promise in staving off arthritis in mice, opening the door to human testing. (Discovery Magazine)