Awesome story. One major question about this therapy (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1103849) is what life will be like without B-cells. They're pretty important to a functioning immune system.
"In the 10 years or so since the widespread use of B-cell depletion, there is little to suggest that a long-term paucity of B cells puts patients at risk for malignancy or opportunistic infections, nor that it leads to treatment-resistant RA or complications." (http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/ijr.12.7?journ...)
I know complaining about comments on newspaper article forums is never super productive. But still:
"What this article did not mention was the thousands of people who prayed and gathered together for a candle lit prayer vigil for Emily and her family when things were so critical."
Rage. I guess God just didn't value the life of my 10 year old cousin enough to save her despite all those candlelit vigils we put on for her.
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[ 5.7 ms ] story [ 22.5 ms ] thread"What this article did not mention was the thousands of people who prayed and gathered together for a candle lit prayer vigil for Emily and her family when things were so critical."
Rage. I guess God just didn't value the life of my 10 year old cousin enough to save her despite all those candlelit vigils we put on for her.
More on topic: great article and great science.