Cardiology
Less inflammation = better healing
Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly called heart attack, remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, raising an urgent need for novel therapies.
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Immunology
Cells that destroy the intestine
Patients affected by the chronic inflammatory bowel diseases morbus Crohn and ulcerative colitis often suffer from flare-ups, which damage intestinal tissue. Despite advances in treating these diseases with medication, associated ...
Jan 30, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Chronic inflammation can trigger cancers via newly discovered mechanism
It is well known that extended exposure to the sun's UV rays can cause DNA mutations that lead to skin cancer. Now new research reveals that inflammation from chronic skin injury can trigger cancer-causing mutations as well ...
Aug 23, 2018
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Immunology
Striking a balance between immunity and inflammation
Hookworms infect nearly 430 million people in the world, mostly in countries where sanitation is poor, and people often walk barefoot.
Aug 6, 2018
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Inflammatory disorders
Newly identified target may help with drug discovery for chronic inflammatory diseases
Inflammation is part of the body's natural healing process. But when it becomes chronic, inflammation can lead to cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other conditions. Inflammasomes—protein-based molecular machines—trigger ...
Jul 25, 2018
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Inflammatory disorders
Eosinophilic esophagitis may be due to missing protein
Scientists have discovered that the absence of a specific protein in cells lining the esophagus may cause inflammation and tissue damage in people with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). EoE affects as many as 150,000 people ...
Jun 7, 2018
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Immunology
Scientists identify immune cascade that fuels complications, tissue damage in chlamydia infections
Closing a critical gap in knowledge, Harvard Medical School scientists have unraveled the immune cascade that fuels tissue damage and disease development in chlamydia infection—the most common sexually transmitted disease ...
Feb 13, 2018
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Medical research
Colon cancer breakthrough could lead to prevention – and the foods that can help
Colon cancer, Crohn's, and other diseases of the gut could be better treated – or even prevented – thanks to a new link between inflammation and a common cellular process, established by the University of Warwick.
Nov 2, 2017
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Cardiology
Immune cell drives heart failure in mice
A new study in mice reveals that eosinophils, a type of disease-fighting white blood cell, appear to be at least partly responsible for the progression of heart muscle inflammation to heart failure in mice.
Mar 16, 2017
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Medical research
Engineers use CRISPR technology to prevent tissue damage and resulting chronic pain
For millions of sufferers, there is nothing more debilitating than chronic back or joint pain. It can feel like a lifetime of misery.
Mar 13, 2017
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