STING protein: Study finds new ways for the body to activate and possibly control inflammation

Understanding inflammation—and, above all, how to regulate it—is one of the great medical challenges of modern medicine. Its ...

Hidden pathway drives COVID-19 infection, triggers damaging inflammation in the lungs

New research has uncovered a hidden pathway that allows COVID-19 to infect the immune system and trigger damaging ...

TNF-alpha blocks new neurons in hippocampus, reveals inflammation pathway

A molecule linked to chronic inflammation disrupts the brain's ability to create new neurons, uncovering a pathway with ...
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Study offers insight into how long-term inflammation may contribute to cognitive decline

The King's College London study, published in Nature Communications, offers insight into how long-term inflammation may ...

Researchers discover new clue that helps explain severe COVID-19

Researchers have uncovered a viral transmission pathway that could help explain severe inflammatory responses in COVID-19 ...

Study demonstrates neurotransmitter communication in immune cells directly for the first time

Researchers at the University of Münster and Ruhr University Bochum have demonstrated for the first time in real time that the body's own defense cells use catecholamines—neurotransmitters such as ...

Why scratching a mosquito bite makes it so much worse, according to science

Scratching activates mast cells that release histamine and substance P, creating a prolonged itch-scratch cycle that worsens ...

An anti-inflammatory diet may lower dementia risk, even in people with early signs of Alzheimer’s

Healthy eating may help protect the brain, even after early biological changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease have begun, a ...
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Turmeric vs. Ibuprofen: Which Is Better for Inflammation?

Both turmeric and ibuprofen can help fight inflammation, but does one work better than the other? Find out what experts say.