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University of California San Diego School of Medicine announced Monday that scientists have determined the cellular players and roles involved in rheumatoid arthritis, which affects over 1 million Americans.

Using a novel systems biology approach, scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have further parsed the cellular players and roles involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a complex disease that affects more than one million Americans in ways that have defied development of uniform treatments.

UC San Diego School of Medicine announced Monday that scientists have determined the cellular players and roles involved in rheumatoid arthritis, which affects over 1 million Americans

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