Gut Microbes Can Modify Immune Cells & Boost Arthritis

Millions of people around the world have an autoimmune disorder known as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which can cause serious joint pain, swelling, and damage, among other symptoms. The disease is thought to arise when the immune system erroneously attacks the body’s tissues, but the triggers and mechanisms underlying the disease are not known. Some research has suggested that problems with the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract – the gut…