The 9 Muses are daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Greek goddesses personifying the inspiration for the sciences and the arts.
My highly opinionated news-blog draws inspiration from both the science and the art of Rheumatology.
Sjogren's Syndrome Sjogren's syndrome — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this autoimmune disorder. www.mayoclinic.org Sjogren's Syndrome is believed to be the most common autoimmune connective tissue disease. As…
Hemochromatosis Reviewed Powell et al have published in Lancet a review of hemochromatosis; its genetics, pathogenesis,… rheumnow.com
Head-to-Head Comparison of Infliximab, Adalimumab in Crohn's In a rare comparison of infliximab and adalimumab in patients with Crohn's disease, long-term outcomes were assessed in a 'real-life situation.' www.medscape.com The…
Cytokine Interleukin-36 plays dual role in regulating Inflammatory Bowel Disease Small proteins that affect communication between cells play an important role in regulating… www.sciencedaily.com Gut-on-a-Chip Provides Insight into Microbiome &…
The death and resurrection of IRGM – the “Jesus gene” How IRGM was killed by a genetic parasite and resurrected by a viral saviour phenomena.nationalgeographic.com|By Ed Yong IRGM in autophagy…
Usefulness of natriuretic peptide for the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease Data sources A systematic literature search strategy was designed and carried out using MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library from…
Novel Protein as a Potential Autoantigen in JIA Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is clearly not related to rheumatoid arthritis and until recently has no identifiabile autoantigen linked to JIA. rheumnow.com Biologic agents…
Autoimmune Diseases and Myelodysplastic Syndromes Am J Hematol. 2016 Feb 13. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24333. [Epub ahead of print] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|By Komrokji RS , et al Myelodysplastic syndromes: 2015 Update on diagnosis, risk-stratification…
Toxic Myopathies neuromuscular.wustl.edu This is an exhaustive list of drugs which may (rarely apart from steroids) cause clinically relevant myopathy/myositis. I would like to draw your attention to Colchicine, which…
Feeding babies peanuts protects them from nut allergies, say scientists Introducing nuts regularly in the first year of life builds up an enduring tolerence www.telegraph.co.uk The Hygiene Hypothesis Laurence Cheng…
