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...biochemical messages that are traded between bones, muscles and other parts of the body and play a key role in keeping joints healthy. "Ultimately, we think it's the biochemical approach that's going to solve the riddle of arthritis," says Dr. Mitchell Sheinkop, an orthopedic surgeon at the Rush--Presbyterian--St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. "Someday you may pop a pill and your cartilage will continue to grow, but that's 10 years away--at least...
...here comes the interesting part," says Dr. Klaus Kuettner, professor of biochemistry at Rush--Presbyterian--St. Luke's. "The ankle joint responds better than the knee joint to osteogenic proteins." Is that why the ankle rarely gets osteoarthritis? "We don't know," says Kuettner, "but it's a hint in that direction...
However the arthritic process gets started, the damage to the joint eventually begins to grow. That's when the body's immune system gets into the act. White blood cells rush into the joint and release destructive proteins that chew up the bits and pieces of damaged tissue. This so-called inflammatory process, which is often but not necessarily accompanied by swelling, works well when the body needs to fend off an acute attack--say, from invading viruses or bacteria. But when the problem is chronic, as in osteoarthritis, the white blood cells may overreact, repeatedly releasing so many...
...species. The people I meet are all engaged in the same activities. You genuinely feel that it makes it harder to countenance the dropping of bombs on Afghans or Iraqis. Clearly there are times when these things are necessary, but we live in an age when we rush into them too lightly. Which other travel writers do you admire? Writers like Paul Theroux and Jonathan Raban, who can write great descriptive passages. Raban has described the Mississippi River over and over, and every image is just exquisite. I wish I could do that. What are the advantages of being...
...That's why U.S. officials worked last week to dampen expectations of a rush to military action. They emphasized instead that the Iraqi declaration is the start of a process that Washington believes will, eventually, make an incontrovertible case for war. And debates continue among President Bush's security advisers, along familiar lines, over just how to long to wait for the UN process to make that case...