Inflammation has long been portrayed as something inherently bad; a process that needs to be fought or suppressed. In popular ...

It started with wine. Or more precisely, a conversation about it. "My colleagues and I were talking about how some people ...

When pathogens enter our cells as part of an infection, our body will trigger a programmed cell death known as "pyroptosis" ...

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 6, 2025 — A research team from the University of California, Irvine has revealed a previously unknown mechanism that triggers an inflammatory immune response in cells when their ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune response against parasites. During a parasitic infection, specific immune cells, known as virtual memory T cells ...

A research team from the School of Chinese Medicine in the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has discovered that C-reactive protein (CRP) can exacerbate kidney ...

One of the hallmarks of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, is a multi-organ system process characterized by the formation of blood clots in small vessels. What was most puzzling in the early ...

Inflammatory arthritis resulting from immune checkpoint inhibitor use is immunologically unique and likely driven by T cells ...