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Immune activation in pregnant mice affects offspring, potential implications for neurodevelopmental disorders

A brief kick to the immune system of a pregnant mouse can cause persistent changes in the brains of the offspring, according to new research from the University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience.

Medical research created Oct 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research sheds light on important role of autophagy, or self-eating cells, in developing new anti-inflammatory therapies

Research just carried out in the Immunology Research Centre, led by Dr James Harris, based in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, shows that the process of autophagy  regulates the production ...

Medical research created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery may lead to new drugs to curb obesity, type 2 diabetes

(Medical Xpress)—An international study led by a researcher from The University of Western Australia for the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) has produced exciting results that may lead to new drugs ...

Immunology created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Caffeine may block inflammation linked to mild cognitive impairment

Recent studies have linked caffeine consumption to a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease, and a new University of Illinois study may be able to explain how this happens.

Neuroscience created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists have discovered how mosquitoes develop viral immunity

(Medical Xpress)—Published online in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the team from CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory, in Geelong, have shown Vago, a prote ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Obesity promotes prostate cancer by altering gene regulation

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment is usually very successful. However, like other cancers, obesity increases the risk of aggressive prostate disease. New research, published in BioMed ...

Cancer created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: inflammation's role in obesity-colorectal cancer link

(HealthDay)—A new review summarizes the ways in which inflammation and altered metabolism are associated with colorectal cancer in obese individuals; the review was published online Sept. 3 in Obesity Re ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

T cells key in atherosclerosis-linked inflammation

(HealthDay) -- In a mouse model of atherosclerosis, CD4+ T cells interact with antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in the presence of cognate antigen, leading to cell activation and proliferation and the secretion ...

Medical research created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Resistance training improves some inflammatory markers

(HealthDay) -- Resistance training (RT) can reduce visceral fat and alter levels of certain inflammatory markers, according to research published in the July issue of Obesity Reviews.

Overweight and Obesity created Jul 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic inflammation in the brain leads the way to Alzheimer's disease

Research published today in Biomed Central's open access journal Journal of Neuroinflammation suggests that chronic inflammation can predispose the brain to develop Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pre-op breast pain in about 28 percent of breast cancer patients

(HealthDay) -- More than a quarter of women about to undergo breast cancer surgery experience breast pain, with genetic polymorphisms in inflammatory cytokines correlating with pain, according to a study published ...

Cancer created Jun 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify potential new HIV vaccine/therapy target

After being infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in a laboratory study, rhesus macaques that had more of a certain type of immune cell in their gut than others had much lower levels of the virus in their blood, ...

HIV & AIDS created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Colitis in test mice responds to treatment with human umbilical cord-derived mensenchymal cells

When laboratory mice were modeled with colitis and treated with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal cells, the cells homed in on the inflamed colon and effectively ameliorated colitis, reported a study published in a ...

Medical research created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IL-32 expression upregulated in chronic rhinosinusitis

(HealthDay) -- Interleukin-32 (IL-32) mRNA expression is significantly higher in biopsies obtained from patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), compared to levels found in biopsies obtained from individuals ...

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify key regulator of inflammatory response

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a gene that plays a key role in regulating inflammatory response and homeostasis. These findings could help lead to the development ...

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast