Inflammatory disorders
Light therapy helps burn injuries heal faster by triggering growth protein
Light therapy may accelerate the healing of burns, according to a University at Buffalo-led study.
Aug 6, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Old vaccine for tuberculosis may help protect older people against COVID-19
A team of researchers from the CMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis and the ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, both in India, has found evidence suggesting that an old vaccine used to reduce the threat ...
Dentistry
New aspects of gingivitis and the body's response
A team led by University of Washington researchers has, for the first time, identified and classified how different people respond to the accumulation of dental plaque, the sticky biofilm that gathers on teeth. Their work, ...
Jul 14, 2021
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Inflammatory disorders
Engineered yeast probiotic developed to treat inflammatory bowel disease
The world of microbes living in the human gut can have far-reaching effects on human health. Multiple diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), are tied to the balance of these microbes, suggesting that restoring ...
Jun 28, 2021
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Medical research
Unforeseen links to chronic pancreatitis found in cancer-related signals
Chronic inflammation of the pancreas is a debilitating disease with poorly understood causative factors. Now, researchers at Osaka University have identified the disturbed molecular pathways and revealed the underlying mechanisms ...
May 25, 2021
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Medical research
Newly-discovered molecule provides dual protection against vascular inflammation
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore has discovered a new mitochondrial peptide called MOCCI that plays an important ...
Apr 22, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
A drug that can stop tumors from growing
Cancer doctors may soon have a new tool for treating melanoma and other types of cancer, thanks to work being done by researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
Apr 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Crohn's disease may be caused by immune signaling failure
People with Crohn's disease are typically treated with powerful anti-inflammatory medications that act throughout their body, not just in their digestive tract, creating the potential for unintended, and often serious, side ...
Apr 7, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Experimental antibodies for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's may cause harmful inflammation
A team led by scientists at Scripps Research has made a discovery suggesting that experimental antibody therapies for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's have an unintended adverse effect—brain inflammation—that may have to be ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How pregnancy turns the stress response on its head
The link between psychological stress and physical health problems generally relates to a stress-induced immune response gone wild, with inflammation then causing damage to other systems in the body. It's a predictable cascade—except ...
Mar 16, 2021
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