Surely, inflammation is half a billion years old, since even the lowly starfish may experience it. Virtually every human being who ever lived has suffered from it, perhaps dozens or hundreds of times.

Our immune system is armed with an array of defenses designed to detect and eliminate harmful threats. One of its most powerful defense mechanisms is the complement system—a group of proteins that ...

IBD research, for all its sophistication, has been searching under the lamppost — sequencing, mapping and quantifying what can be seen. But the key may lie in the park, in the unseen intersections of ...

When reviewing Pap smear results, how should I interpret comments that state "mild," "moderate," or "severe inflammation?" Almost all the Pap smears I get back have one of those comments, often ...

Chronic alcohol use accelerates Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression by intensifying oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and ...

CHICAGO -- People who died with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were far more likely than car crash victims to have severe ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have uncovered an unexpected molecular partnership that reshapes ...

Research in mice suggests that specific neurons within the brain stem act like the dial on a thermostat — fine-tuning inflammation as and when required. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Addressing the question of whether and how immune cells (macrophages) in the central nervous system (CNS) traffic out, ...

Pharmacological activation of LANCL2 provides CNS immunometabolic support for the restoration of cognitive function markers in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Pharmacological activation of ...