For the effects of dried fruits on osteoarthritis, Basu et al. investigated the effects of dietary freeze-dried strawberries on obesity-related hormones, inflammatory biomarkers, and lipid peroxidation, and found that freeze-dried strawberries not only lowered serum TNF-α levels as well as some of the lipid peroxidation products in obese patients with knee OA (31), but also played a role in reducing knee pain. The gene discussed is TNF; the disease is obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.