British scientists are striving to unearth the genetic causes of arthritis by analyzing the DNA of 14,000 volunteers. They are hopeful their research will eventually lead to a simple test which will gauge your risk of developing severe forms of osteoarthritis and identify novel treatments that do not require joint replacement surgery - there are 120,000 knee or hip joint replacements each year in the UK. In the UK alone over two million elderly people suffer from osteoarthritis. [click link for full article]

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