News tagged with inflammatory response

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Study shows that diet of resistant starch helps the body resist colorectal cancer

(Medical Xpress)—As the name suggests, you can't digest resistant starch so it ends up in the bowel in pretty much the same form it entered your mouth. As unlovely as that seems, once in the bowel this ...

Cancer created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find calcium is the initial trigger in our immune response to healing

For the first time scientists studying the cellular processes underlying the body's response to healing have revealed how a flash of calcium is the very first step in repairing damaged tissue. The findings, published in Current Bi ...

Surgery created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mouse models fail to reproduce inflammatory genomic response to serious injuries

Existing mouse models do not appear to accurately reproduce the human genomic response to serious traumatic injury, including major burns, according to an article appearing in PNAS Early Edition.

Inflammatory disorders created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Placental blood flow can influence malaria during pregnancy

Malaria in pregnancy causes a range of adverse effects, including abortions, stillbirths, premature delivery and low infant birth weight. Many of these effects are thought to derive from a placental inflammatory ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover potential new target in fight against 'superbug'

University of Cambridge researchers have discovered how an antibiotic-resistant superbug exploits oxygen-limited conditions in the lungs of patients with severe respiratory disease to thrive.

Medical research created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify new target for rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a potential new target for drugs to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a protein known as IRHOM2. The finding could provide an effective ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pathogenic bacteria adhering to the human vascular wall triggers vascular damage during meningococcal sepsis

Researchers at the Paris Cardiovascular Research Center (PARCC) have shown how adhesion of Neisseria (N.) meningitidis to human microvessels in a humanized mouse model leads to the characteristic cutaneous lesions of meningoco ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bioengineers discover the natural switch that controls spread of breast cancer cells

With a desire to inhibit metastasis, Cornell biomedical engineers have found the natural switch between the body's inflammatory response and how malignant breast cancer cells use the bloodstream to spread.

Cancer created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Estrogen fights urinary infection in mouse study

(Medical Xpress)—Estrogen levels drop dramatically in menopause, a time when the risk of urinary tract infections increases significantly.

Immunology created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Potential new treatment for gastrointestinal cancers discovered

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have identified a complex of proteins that promotes the growth of some types of colon and gastric cancers, and shown that medications that block the function of this complex ...

Cancer created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Monitoring of immune function in critically ill kids with influenza reveals severe immune suppression in non-survivors

(Medical Xpress)—Investigators from 15 children's medical centers, including Nationwide Children's Hospital, observed and evaluated critically ill children with influenza to evaluate the relationships between levels of ...

Immunology created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fast food linked to child asthma, study finds

Children who frequently eat fast food are far likelier to have severe asthma compared to counterparts who tuck into fruit, a large international study published on Monday said.

Inflammatory disorders created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shifting the balance between good fat and bad fat

In many cases, obesity is caused by more than just overeating and a lack of exercise. Something in the body goes haywire, causing it to store more fat and burn less energy. But what is it? Researchers at ...

Medical research created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mitochondrial components are a possible trigger of auto-inflammatory illnesses

(Medical Xpress)—Many illnesses, including psoriasis, include inflammatory responses that occur without an apparent infection and worsen with stress. In a study using cultured human mast cells in vitro and in rats, researchers ...

Inflammatory disorders created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New insights into how immune system fights atherosclerosis

A study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers has found that an important branch of the immune system, in reaction to the development of atherosclerotic lesions, mounts a surprisingly robust anti-inflammatory ...

Immunology created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast