Immune System Targeted for Research into New Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatments

“We have here a very complex understanding of macrophages,” he said. “Everything is being hit at once, so it’s not a clearly an M1/M2 in vivo system. It’s really a complex set of pathways that are all being activated.”

Thomas Collins is a freelance medical writer based in Florida.

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