Neuroscience
How inflammation affects brain development
It has long been recognized that too much inflammation in the womb can harm an unborn baby's brain development, but exactly how it happens has been a mystery until now.
Jun 21, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers launch heart tissue to the International Space Station to help cardiac patients on Earth
When Dr. Peter Lee leaves his Brown University lab and looks up into the night sky, he can sometimes catch a glimpse of his own research project.
Apr 6, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Researchers associate early life stress with pro-inflammatory processes later in life during pregnancy
Women who experienced high stress during childhood and adolescence may have increased risk for inflammation during pregnancy, according to a study by researchers with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Inflammatory disorders
Adding years to your inflammation clock: Which factors affect healthy aging-related system decline
The benefits of healthy habits including exercise and a good diet may be adding years to people's inflammation body clock and could prevent early onset of age-related disease.
Feb 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Severe COVID-19 increases risk of life-threatening blood clots
Individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 are more likely to develop venous thromboembolism—a potentially life-threatening condition—than those hospitalized with influenza, according to a new study from the Perelman School ...
Aug 18, 2022
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Medications
Marijuana plant might hold key to treating chronic inflammation
Several minor cannabinoids contained in the cannabis plant "strongly inhibit" the activation of human immune cells that lead to chronic inflammation, according to physiologists at The Queen's Medical Center and University ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Immunology
A new treatment reduces inflammation in multiple sclerosis mice models
A team led by the Institut de Neurociències at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) managed to reduce chronic inflammation associated with multiple sclerosis in mice thanks to the administration of a type of ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Medical research
Active resolution of inflammation: No evidence that specialized lipid messengers are involved
Inflammation is the result of an active defense reaction by our immune system. It mostly disappears by itself. It was once assumed to be a passive process because the immune cells involved, having done their work, gradually ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Inflammatory disorders
Social isolation linked to higher markers of inflammation in older adults
In a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, older US adults who experienced social isolation had higher blood levels of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein, two markers of inflammation that can ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Inflammatory disorders
With age, insufficient tryptophan alters gut microbiota, increases inflammation
With age, a diet lacking in the essential amino acid tryptophan—which has a key role in our mood, energy level and immune response—makes the gut microbiome less protective and increases inflammation body-wide, investigators ...
Jun 24, 2021
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