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Arthritis and botulinum toxin 关节炎与肉毒杆菌毒素 Something to celebrate 值得庆贺 Botulinum toxin may help relieve chronic pain 肉毒杆菌毒素也许能够帮助缓解慢性疾病的痛苦 An inflammatory problem 炎症的痛楚 ARTHRITIS is the bane of millions of lives. 关节炎是数百万人的噩梦。 Though it comes in many forms, their common theme is inflammation of the tissues arounda joint in the skeleton. 关节炎有多种形式，但它们共同的特征是关节处组织的炎症反应。 Treatment is merely palliative: anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers or both. 对此的治疗手段往往是治标不治本：消炎药，止痛药，或者两者同时用。 But a piece of research published this week in Biochemistry, by Edwin Chapman of theUniversity of Wisconsin and his colleagues, offers arthritis sufferers hope from a strangequarter: botulinum toxin. 但是由威斯康辛大学埃德文查普曼博士以及他的同事们在本周生物化学杂志上的发表的一项研究，为关节炎患者提供了希望：肉毒杆菌毒素。 This toxin is one of the mostdangerous substances on earth. | 
