An important discovery has been made by Professor Hyug Moo Kwon and his research team in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST, in collaboration with Professor Jaeseok Yang from Yonsei University. Their study sheds ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Severe COVID-19 may cause long-lasting alterations to the innate immune system, the first line of defense against pathogens, according to a small study. These changes may help explain why the disease can damage so many different ...
Aug 18, 2023
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There is a lot of health buzz around the term "inflammation" right now. From new scientific discoveries to celebrities and social media influencers, it seems like everyone is talking about this important bodily process and ...
Aug 15, 2023
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Many existing treatments for inflammatory bowel disease, like Remicade and Humira, work by blocking inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukins IL-12 and IL-23, which are over-produced in autoimmune ...
Jul 28, 2023
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A new research paper was published in Oncotarget, titled "The uncharacterized transcript KIAA0930 confers a cachexic phenotype on cancer cells."
Jul 26, 2023
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The inflammatory response is indispensable for protective immunity, yet microbial pathogens often trigger an excessive response, a "cytokine storm," harmful to the host. Despite recent advances in our understanding of inflammatory ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Since the concept of "gut-joint" axis was proposed, increasing evidence has shown that the imbalance of gut microbiota may play a key role in the occurrence and development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Jul 17, 2023
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The long-term symptoms observed in some individuals post-COVID-19 are associated with a sustained systemic inflammation, according to researchers from the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR ID Labs) in Singapore and ...
Jun 26, 2023
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For years, research and therapies for allergic asthma have been focused largely on targeting the inflammatory cytokines in the body that react to allergens and cause overproduction of mucus, wheezing and difficulty breathing. ...
Jun 14, 2023
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A University of Central Florida College of Medicine researcher has developed a new, more precise treatment for a major cause of illness around the world each year—acute respiratory viral infections.
May 9, 2023
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