An enzyme that plays an active role in inflammation could be a natural way to suppress tumors and ulcers in the colon that are found in colitis associated cancer (CAC), a type of colorectal cancer that is driven by chronic ...
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Our gut microbiomes—the bacteria that live in our digestive tract—play major roles in our health. Scientists around the world are studying therapies that manipulate the microbiome, including probiotics (such as live bacterial ...
Nov 7, 2016
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Retinoic acid, a compound derived in the body from vitamin A, plays a critical role in suppressing colorectal cancer in mice and humans, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Aug 30, 2016
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Scientists have proposed that inflammation is the harbinger of aging and central to the aging process, a phenomenon described as 'inflamm-aging,' said Dr. Yuxiang Sun.
Aug 23, 2016
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If you hate going to the dentist, here's some good news. New research published online in The FASEB Journal, shows that melanocortin agonism may effectively control the inflammation that often occurs in gum tissue, which ...
Aug 17, 2016
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Obesity can cause a variety of health complications in affected individuals. Several lines of evidence support an association between chronic inflammation in adipose tissue and obesity complications. In mice, inhibition of ...
Jul 21, 2016
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A previously unidentifiable type of low-grade inflammation may explain why common anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin have shown promise against some types of cancer – even when patients don't display typical signs ...
Jul 8, 2016
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Scar tissue from people with the world's leading infectious cause of blindness has a distinctive molecular footprint, according to new results published in Scientific Reports and PLOS. The research points to immune system ...
Jun 21, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers affiliated with multiple facilities in Japan has found that as fat cells die due to an increase in obesity, more cell-free DNA is released into tissue causing inflammation. In their ...
A population of bacteria inhabits human and mouse immune cells and appears to protect the body from inflammation and illness, Weill Cornell Medicine scientists discovered in a new study. The findings challenge conventional ...
Mar 17, 2016
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