Finding The Cause of Osteoarthritis with Dr. Li
Dr. Yingcui Li, Ph.D. is a two-time ANRF Grant Recipient and she is currently a full-time professor at the University of Hartford. Dr. Li, who was funded from 2011 to 2013, is conducting exciting research on osteoarthritis. Her project focused on the simple sugar molecule,...
LifeFit Center Walk Benefiting CureArthritis.org
On Monday, October 27th, the Arthritis National Research Foundation partnered with the LifeFit Center at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) for its inaugural two mile LifeFit Center Walk benefiting CureArthritis.org. All funds raised from the walk will go towards arthritis research. The LifeFit Center at...
“Missing Link” To Repairing Joints
Dr. Denis Evseenko, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and is the Head of the Laboratory of Connective Tissue Regeneration at UCLA. His current research areas include the ontogenesis of connective tissues in humans and the generation of cartilage via stem cells...
Vic Braden – You Will Be Missed Dearly
By Executive Director Helene Belisle People come and go in our lives, touching us and changing us in ways that affect how we think and how we treat others. We can’t predict when or how we will meet or what we’ll accomplish together. Vic Braden was...
“Focus On Issues” Help Cure Arthritis at the Long Beach Marathon
Helene Belisle, Executive Director of the Arthritis National Research Foundation, and Marketing Director, Derek Belisle, sat down with Suong Tran, the host of KFRN radio's "Focus on Issues", to speak about the work the foundation is currently doing and what projects they're embarking on. The...
Pre-Interview: RA and Nanotechnology with Dr. Massimo Bottini
Dr. Massimo Bottini, a bio-engineer using nanotechnology to target and treat rheumatoid arthritis cells, will be the next featured guest on Arthritis Now. Currently with The Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, Dr. Bottini's goal is deliver drug therapies to specific immune...
A Life Inspired: Finding Community Through Arthritis Support
Derek Belisle, Marketing Director for the Arthritis National Research Foundation, was invited to the Arthritis Introspective G7 Gathering Conference. Below is his account of the weekend and the people he met. I often tell people that my job is a little different. I tell them that...
David Nonemacher: Athlete Racing For a Cure
David Nonemacher is an athlete who also happens to suffer from severe arthritis. However, he does not allow his illness to slow him down. On the contrary, he uses his sickness to help him stay in peak physical shape. Only diagnosed one year ago, David has...
Talking Juvenile Arthritis with Dr. Canna – Part 1
July is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month so we sat down with our latest juvenile arthritis researcher, Dr. Scott Canna, to hear about his work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Dr. Canna's research interests include...
Dr. Adamopoulos – Rheumatoid Arthritis Research [Part 2]
Joining us for Part 2 of his interview on Arthritis Now, Dr. Iannis Adamopoulos of the University of California, Davis, continued to speak about his rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune disease research. He answered a question submitted from Monica Vazquez, a sufferer of RA, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and...