<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Today's radio and TV news featured stories on expensive new drug treatments for psoriasis, a T-cell mediated inflammatory disease. Like psoriasis, celiac disease (CD) is also a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease. The psoriasis treatments seek to inhibit T-cell response, exactly what a treatment for CD must do. Hence the success and cost of these psoriasis treatments portends what might be expected for a CD treatment. These new psoriasis drugs are definitely worth watching for those interested in the development of drugs to treat CD. Here are 2 current Medscape articles on the new psoriasis treatments. You will need to register (free) with Medscape to read them if you haven't already. Aug 2002 News: New Biologic Breakthroughs in Psoriasis - Two new drugs interfere with T-cell activation. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/439730 Jan 2003 Clinical Reference: Targeting Psoriasis with New Treatments - What do you need to know about the several new psoriasis drugs poised for approval? http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/447323 *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List*