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Mr. Russell
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what progress is being made with research into the causes and cure of arthritis.
Mr. Denzil Freeth
The Medical Research Council is supporting an expanding programme of research on all aspects of rheumatic diseases, and, while the specific causes of arthritis have not yet been discovered, considerable progress has been made in methods of treatment.