PHILADELPHIA – Patients with gout – a painful type of inflammatory arthritis caused by the crystallization of urates in soft tissues – are advised to start treatment that lowers uric acid levels in the blood.

A new study has shed new light on how proteins interact, or bind, with one another in tissues. Biologists found that a protein called collagen XI interacts with specific proteins in the part of the tissue that provides structural support to the cell.

A Boise State University study has shed new light on how proteins interact, or bind, with one another in tissues. Boise State biologists found that a protein called collagen XI interacts with specific proteins in the part of the tissue that provides structural support to the cell.

Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) Researchers have figured out how the immune cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients become hyperactive and attack their joints and bones. It is because these cells lose their 'bouncer' - a burly protein that keeps them in line - the same way a bouncer in a nightclub controls rowdy patrons.

EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've discovered why the immune cells of people with rheumatoid arthritis become hyperactive and attack the joints and bones.