All three diseases are caused by the immune system attacking healthy cells in the body. While searching for relief for cancer patients, scientists at the Anthony Nolan stumbled upon a solution to stop this physical response.
This is an ‘accidental’ discovery of proteins found in umbilical cord blood that could be used to treat eczemaarthritis and alopecia.
It is thought that a cream containing these cord blood proteins as an active ingredient could be ready for human testing in three years.
Dr Aurore Saudemont, lead author of the Anthony Nolan study told Britain’s Daily Mirror that “these findings may lead to treatments that will eliminate the symptoms of eczema, rheumatoid arthritis and even alopecia without cause major side effects. It can change the lives of patients. »
Eczema is the most common skin disease in France, accounting for up to 30% of visits to the dermatologist. rheumatoid arthritis is the most frequent chronic inflammatory rheumatism, since it affects 300,000 patients in France and the number of French people affected by alopecia areata, also called alopecia areata, can be estimated at 80,000.
