AN injection that promises to relieve the agony of arthritis could be available within five years.
By MARK REYNOLDS. Scientists have developed a pioneering way to deliver drugs directly into cartilage – tissue previously believed to be impenetrable.
The treatment uses tiny particles of a patient’s own cells to carry the “payload” into affected joints.
It would require only one day in hospital every three months and would not cause the side-effects associated with other therapies.
Announcing the breakthrough, Professor Mauro Perretti, of Queen Mary University of London, said: “Cartilage has long been thought to be impenetrable to cells and other small structures leading to strong limitations in our abilities to deliver therapies for arthritis. Express.
