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Are COVID-19-related complications in children explained by abnormal immune responses?

A common theme in reports on COVID-19 around the world has been the large number of children who have not been infected or shown signs of disease. However, though the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes less acute infection in this age group, it is associated with a severe immune-mediated multisystemic illness called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

20 May 2021

Sexually active individuals under age 30 should be tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea

Anyone sexually active under age 30 should be offered testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea, according to a new guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

19 Apr 2021

Adults with periodontitis transmit bacteria that can later cause the disease in their children

Adults with periodontitis transmit bacteria that can cause the disease in future to their children, and the bacteria remain in the oral cavity even when the children undergo treatment of various kinds, reinforcing the need for preventive care in the first year of a baby's life.

15 Apr 2021

Self-assembling nanofibers can help limit damage caused by inflammatory diseases

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage caused by inflammatory diseases by activating key cells in the immune system.

15 Apr 2021

Breath Analysis: How Could it Improve Healthcare and Diagnosis?

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Santi Dominguez (SD) and Michael Graz (MG), CEOs at Imspex Diagnostics and Imspex Medical respectively, about the role breath analysis has to play in healthcare and diagnosis.

From Imspex Medical 8 Apr 2021

Study offers localized treatment direction for a cause of Crohn's disease

People with Crohn's disease are typically treated with powerful anti-inflammatory medications that act throughout their body, not just in their digestive tract, creating the potential for unintended, and often serious, side effects.

7 Apr 2021

Repurposing an anti-inflammatory drug can prevent lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis

Research led by Michigan Medicine's Scleroderma Program and published in Arthritis & Rheumatology found that tocilizumab, a FDA-approved anti-inflammatory drug used to combat rheumatoid arthritis, can prevent lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis if detected early enough in the disease course.

31 Mar 2021

Research consortium identifies cell stress mechanisms for chronic inflammatory liver disease

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare, chronic, inflammatory disease of the bile ducts and is difficult to treat, since its causes have not yet been adequately researched.

30 Mar 2021

New approach to cancer immunotherapy may prevent autoimmunity

A team of researchers has found disrupting the interaction between cancer cells and certain immune cells is more effective at killing cancer cells than current immunotherapy treatments.

19 Mar 2021

Buck scientists develop a predictive model to help identify people at risk for severe COVID-19

Researchers at the Buck Institute analyzed data from the COVID-19 Symptom Tracker app used by 3 million people in the United Kingdom, adding the use of immunosuppressant medication, use of a mobility aid, shortness of breath, fever, and fatigue to the list of symptoms and comorbidities that increase the risk for severe COVID-19.

9 Mar 2021

Coronavirus deranges the immune system in complex and deadly ways

There's a reason soldiers go through basic training before heading into combat: Without careful instruction, green recruits armed with powerful weapons could be as dangerous to one another as to the enemy.

4 Mar 2021

New biomarker discovery could help guide treatment of active sarcoidosis

Low blood levels of immune cells called lymphocytes, in combination with higher levels of inflammation on PET/CT scans, are indicators of active sarcoidosis -- an inflammatory disease that attacks multiple organs, particularly the lungs and lymph nodes -- which disproportionately affects African Americans.

25 Feb 2021

Inflammatory Disease News and Research

Are COVID-19-related complications in children explained by abnormal immune responses?

Sexually active individuals under age 30 should be tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea

Adults with periodontitis transmit bacteria that can later cause the disease in their children

Self-assembling nanofibers can help limit damage caused by inflammatory diseases

Breath Analysis: How Could it Improve Healthcare and Diagnosis?

Study offers localized treatment direction for a cause of Crohn's disease

Repurposing an anti-inflammatory drug can prevent lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis

Research consortium identifies cell stress mechanisms for chronic inflammatory liver disease

New approach to cancer immunotherapy may prevent autoimmunity

Buck scientists develop a predictive model to help identify people at risk for severe COVID-19

Coronavirus deranges the immune system in complex and deadly ways

New biomarker discovery could help guide treatment of active sarcoidosis

Anti-phospholipid antibodies in severely ill patients not distinctive to COVID-19, says study

Study reveals new routes to potential treatments for chronic inflammatory conditions

CHOP researchers describe the array of rashes seen in MIS-C patients

Periodontal inflammation associated with higher risk of major cardiovascular events

What are the changes in the physical phenotype of blood cells in COVID-19?

Study uncovers new anti-inflammatory role for blood clot protein fibrinogen

Inflammation of the brain gray matter decreases nerve-cell activity in mouse model

Monocytes could be a key player in sarcoidosis pathogenesis, study shows

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