The Arthritis Foundationis pleased to announce the recipients of the most recent round ofArthritis Foundation–CARRALarge and SmallGrants!TheCARRA(Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance)membersbelow wererecentlyawarded one-year grantswith project dates of April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020.Continue readingArthritis Foundation-CARRA Grant Awardees Announced
“Why did my child get arthritis?” This parent-driven question is at the heart of Dr. Jim Jarvis’sjuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)Arthritis Foundation-funded project, “Interplay between genetics and epigenetics in polyarticular JIA”.
“This is less about an illness driven by inherited genes and more about how the environment affects gene expression,” explained Dr. Jarvis. “It’s been shown that only about 30 percent of the risk for developing JIA can be attributed to gene variations.”
Continue readingResearchers on the Path to a Cure – Spotlight on Dr. James Jarvis