
Proposed Biomarker for Rare Cartilage Disease Fails Scientific Scrutiny
A long-proposed antibody test for relapsing polychondritis, a rare inflammatory disease, has been shown to be unreliable. A major new analysis, combining a prospective study with a systematic review, found the anti-collagen II antibodies are neither sensitive nor specific, making them unsuitable for diagnosing or monitoring the condition.
By Stonick, Ferrada, Fike, Quinn, Turturice, Stein, Grayson



