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Self-Assembling Nanofibers Prevent Damage from Inflammation

April 15, 2021
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Durham, NC — Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage caused by inflammatory diseases by activating key cells in the immune system....

Scientists Find New Cell Type Implicated in Chronic Pain, Inflammation

March 5, 2021
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Chapel Hill, NC — One of the hallmarks of chronic pain is inflammation, and scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have discovered that anti-inflammatory cells called MRC1+ macrophages are dysfunctional...

Study Reveals Immune Driver of Brain Ageing

January 21, 2021
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Stanford, CA — Suppose Smokey the Bear were to go on a tear and start setting forest fires instead of putting them out. That roughly describes the behaviour of certain cells of our immune system that...

Researchers Suggest a Special Diet Against Asthma

April 8, 2020
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Bonn, Germany — Can a special diet help in certain cases of asthma? A new study at the University of Bonn at least points to this conclusion. According to the study, mice that were switched to a so-called...

Researcher Finds Keto Diet Works Best in Small Doses

January 29, 2020
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New Haven CT — A ketogenic diet — which provides 99% of calories from fat and only 1% from carbohydrates — produces health benefits in the short term, but negative effects after about a...

Dissecting Connections Between Chronic Stress, Inflammation and Depression

November 22, 2019
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Augusta, GA — Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy the connections between our neurons and result in depression, scientists say. Now they are working to better understand how the destructive...

What Drives Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes? Not Glucose, Says New Research

August 21, 2019
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Lexington, KY — To date, the underlying causes of inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have been poorly understood, which has hampered efforts to develop treatments to prevent...

Gene could Play Major Role in Reducing Brain Swelling after Stroke

April 15, 2019
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Los Angeles, CA — Could a medication someday help the brain heal itself after a stroke, or even prevent damage following a blow to the head? A new USC study lends support to the idea. When a person...

Inflammation Connection

April 1, 2019
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Barcelona, Spain — Scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), part of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), have uncovered the biological details of how cells produce...

Surprise Rheumatoid Arthritis Discovery Points to New Treatment

February 25, 2019
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Charlottesville,VA — Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified an unexpected contributor to rheumatoid arthritis that may help explain the painful flare-ups associated...

Scientists Discover How Neuroactive Steroids Dampen Inflammatory Signalling in Cells

February 14, 2019
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Chapel Hill, NC — For the first time, scientists discovered how neuroactive steroids naturally found in the brain and bloodstream inhibit the activity of a specific kind of protein called Toll-like...

Study Links Psoriasis Treatment and Improvement in Heart Artery Disease

February 5, 2019
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Bethesda, MD — Researchers have found that treating psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, with biologic drugs that target immune system activity can reduce the early plaque buildup that clogs...

Scientists have Unravelled a Link between Inflammation and Cancer

January 24, 2019
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Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan — Severe inflammation in tissues is often associated with the occurrence of cancer. The mechanism linking both these conditions is not clearly understood. Furthermore, inflamed...

Scientists Connect Dots Between Colitis and Colon Cancer

January 14, 2019
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Augusta, GA — Lingering inflammation in the colon is a known risk factor for colorectal cancer and now scientists report one way it resets the stage to enable this common and often deadly cancer. Inflammation...

Microglia React Distinctively During Inflammation

November 26, 2018
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Strassen, Luxembourg — The NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory at LIH’s Department of Oncology conducts research on brain diseases, with a special emphasis on glioma biology, drug resistance and...

Researchers Discover Widespread Inflammation in the Brains of Fibromyalgia Patients

September 28, 2018
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Boston, MA — A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers – collaborating with a team at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden – has documented for the first time widespread...

Scientists Find Way to Preserve Immune Cells Lost During Sepsis and Arthritis

August 25, 2018
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Cleveland, OH – Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop immune cell death associated with multiple diseases, including sepsis, inflammatory...

First Mouse Model to Mimic Pulmonary Fibrosis Developed

August 16, 2018
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Philadelphia, PA – The biggest hurdle to finding effective therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) – a life-threatening condition in which the lungs become scarred and breathing is increasingly...

Possible Medicine of Future Against Infection and Inflammation

August 13, 2018
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Lund, Sweden — Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body’s own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation...

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