image: Infographic showing how a future treatment of arthritis could involve using a scorpion-derived mini-protein (a peptide) that delivers arthritis drugs directly to joint cartilage. The approach could potentially improve the safety of arthritis treatment. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Mar. 4, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.L. Cook-Sangar at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA; and colleagues was titled, "A potent peptide-steroid conjugate accumulates in cartilage and reverses arthritis without evidence of systemic corticosteroid exposure." view more
Credit: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center