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Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Blood Test Could Reveal When Rheumatoid Arthritis Will Strike
July 16, 2020
CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, July 16 -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute issued the following news:

A never-before-seen cell type could forewarn of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms.

The cells, dubbed "PRIME cells," accumulate in the blood during the week prior to disease flare-ups, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Robert Darnell's team reports July 15, 2020, in the New England Journal of Medicine. The findings could lead to better prediction of when sev . . .

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