Researchers have just taken the most fine-grained look to date at inflammatory pain: increased sensitivity to pain that follows an immune response to a wound, infection, sunburn, arthritis, or other trigger.
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As humans age, hematopoietic stem cells—the immature precursor cells that give rise to all blood and immune cells—accumulate mutations. Some of the mutations allow these stem cells to self-renew and expand more effectively ...
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Bacteria, parasites, viruses—the immune system tackles them all. At the front line of the human immune response are cells called macrophages, which are responsible for correctly identifying intruders and then directing ...
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A high sodium diet may increase the risk of eczema, according to researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF), who found that eating just one extra gram of sodium per day—the amount in a Big Mac—increases the likelihood of ...
Jun 5, 2024
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A team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia have made progress toward developing a drug candidate for treating chronic pain more safely.
Jun 3, 2024
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Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have identified how the first domino falls after a person encounters an allergen, such as peanuts, shellfish, pollen or dust mites. Their discovery, published in the journal Nature Immunology, ...
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In a significant development for medical professionals, a new consensus has been developed to enhance the treatment of second-degree burn wounds. This guideline offers a thorough and systematic method for addressing these ...
Jun 3, 2024
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Long-term intermittent use of ruxolitinib cream is well tolerated and provides disease control in adolescent patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), according to a study published online May 2 in the American Journal of Clinical ...
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A new study published in JAMA Dermatology looks at how taking the oral contraceptive pill could be linked to a form of hair loss, known as frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA).
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Recently, a research team led by Prof. Huang Qing at Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences found a new mechanism by which astaxanthin (AST) can target IL-6 and thus reduce LPS-induced adverse ...
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