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.

New findings identify CASP4/11 as detrimental to inflammation and coagulopathy associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Researchers recognize CASP4/11 as ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered that free radicals generated at a specific site in non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amid growing evidence that the rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) stemming from COVID-19 can develop in adults, not just children, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

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

Fasting, scientists believe, is a natural, relatively safe way to reduce inflammation in the body. At the same time, anecdotal reports abound that fasting helps tamp down this seemingly common health ...