In two journal articles, a University of Houston biomedical researcher reports a step forward in diagnosing intestinal diseases, including colorectal cancer, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease using stool proteins. The ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have identified a protein—DMBT1S8—as a target for potential therapies to treat inflammation in the nasal and sinus cavities.
Jun 10, 2021
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A protein that provides essential protection against free radicals inside the cell provokes damaging inflammation when released outside, activating immune cells and worsening damage following a stroke, according to a new ...
May 20, 2021
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An experimental injectable drug appears more versatile than existing medications in treating people with different forms of severe, hard-to-control asthma, clinical trial results show.
May 13, 2021
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Results from a new cell study suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can bring about long-term gene expression changes. The findings could help explain why some COVID-19 patients—referred to as COVID long-haulers—experience ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors recognized that patients who developed a "cytokine storm"—a surge of pro-inflammatory immune proteins—were often the sickest and at highest risk of dying. But a cytokine storm can ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage caused by inflammatory diseases by activating key cells in the immune system. In mouse models of psoriasis, ...
Apr 15, 2021
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A new potential therapy for COVID-19 developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center has shown success in preventing the disease's symptoms in mice.
Jan 15, 2021
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The interests of Karolina Mikulska-Ruminska, Dr., from the Department of Biophysics in the Institute of Physics, NCU focus on widely understood biological structures, especially proteins. In her work, she applies calculation ...
Dec 21, 2020
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"Wet" age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common causes of irreversible vision loss in the elderly, and it occurs when abnormal and leaky blood vessels form in the retina, in part due to inflammation. ...
Dec 11, 2020
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