Inflammation News and Research

RSS

World Brain Day 2021: An interview with Professor Alan Thompson

In commemoration of World Brain Day 2021, News-Medical spoke to renowned neurology expert Professor Alan Thompson about his incredible career in brain research.

21 Jul 2021

Human tissue xenografts in murine models for the study of SARS-CoV-2

Severe COVID-19 is associated with massive dysregulation of the host immune response, resulting in inflammation and the condition known as a cytokine storm. For the most part, however, the virus is barely noticeable or only mild among the young and healthy, suggesting that the route and intensity of an immune response could determine the severity of the disease.

20 Jul 2021

Maternal fecal transplant may help restore gut microbiota in newborns with diabetes risk

Newborns at risk for Type 1 diabetes because they were given antibiotics may have their gut microorganisms restored with a maternal fecal transplant, according to a Rutgers study.

20 Jul 2021

Targeting Piezo1 protein may be a new and ideal strategy to cure multiple sclerosis

In a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found that a certain protein prevented regulatory T cells (Tregs) from effectively doing their job in controlling the damaging effects of inflammation in a model of multiple sclerosis (MS), a devastating autoimmune disease of the nervous system.

20 Jul 2021

IgA deficiency results in substantial intestinal inflammation, study reveals

While researchers have known for years that immunoglobulin A (IgA) is important for gut health, it has remained unclear exactly what role it plays in preventing infection and disease. But now, researchers from Japan have found that eliminating IgA disrupts the balance of the intestinal ecosystem, making it susceptible to disease.

20 Jul 2021

UMD receives funding to enhance quality of pork production through improved muscle growth in pigs

The University of Maryland received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to enhance the overall quality and efficiency of pork production through improved muscle growth in pigs.

20 Jul 2021

How SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain

While there is no official explanation on how SARS-CoV-2 travels to the brain, a new review published in the journal Fluids and Barriers of the CNS concluded that there is insufficient evidence on COVID-induced neurological problems coming from a direct invasion of SARS-CoV-2 into the brain.

20 Jul 2021

Functional autoantibody in COVID-19 contributes to the 'firestorm' of blood clots and inflammation

Researchers at Michigan Medicine have discovered yet another functional autoantibody in COVID-19 patients that contributes to the disease's development and the "firestorm" of blood clots and inflammation it induces.

19 Jul 2021

Children of obese mothers at increased risk of fatty liver disease

Children and young people whose mothers had a BMI greater than 30 during early pregnancy are at an increased risk of fatty liver disease.

19 Jul 2021

Chemical modification in RNA molecules may offer protection against liver disease

A chemical modification that occurs in some RNA molecules as they carry genetic instructions from DNA to cells' protein-making machinery may offer protection against non-alcoholic fatty liver, a condition that results from a build-up of fat in the liver and can lead to advanced liver disease, according to a new study by UCLA researchers.

19 Jul 2021

New research may offer clues to why MS patients develop progressive disability

Did you know multiple sclerosis (MS) means multiple scars? New research shows that the brain and spinal cord scars in people with MS may offer clues to why they developprogressive disability but those with related diseases where the immune system attacks the central nervous system do not.

19 Jul 2021

Study suggests children develop short-term humoral immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection

A single-center, cross-sectional epidemiological survey conducted in Israel has recently pointed out that antibodies induced by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in children start declining just after 4 months of acute infection. However, their seropositivity rates are not impacted by school reopening. The study has recently been published in the journal Acta Paediatrica.

19 Jul 2021

Patient's case report reveals link between Bell’s palsy and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

The case of a patient who experienced two facial palsies – one after the first and another after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – strongly suggests that Bell’s palsy (facial nerve palsy of unknown cause) is linked to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, doctors write in the journal BMJ Case Reports.

19 Jul 2021

Oral prodrug delivers carbon monoxide to protect against acute kidney injury

An oral prodrug developed by a team of scientists led by Binghe Wang, Regents' Professor of Chemistry at Georgia State University, delivers carbon monoxide to protect against acute kidney injury, according to a new paper published in Chemical Science.

19 Jul 2021

Sophisticated stem cell model reveals potential route of SARS-CoV-2 entry into the brain

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine have produced a stem cell model that demonstrates a potential route of entry of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, into the human brain.

16 Jul 2021

UK study finds brain or nerve complications in 1 in 20 of children hospitalized with COVID-19

Although the risk of a child being admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 is small, a new UK study has found that around 1 in 20 of children hospitalized with COVID-19 develop brain or nerve complications linked to the viral infection.

16 Jul 2021

Disruption in blood clotting and the first line immune system could contribute to psychosis

A scientific review has found evidence that a disruption in blood clotting and the first line immune system could be contributing factors in the development of psychosis.

16 Jul 2021

RUDN University biologists discover the way how macrophages respond to inflammation

RUDN University biologists discovered the way how macrophages (the cells of the "first line" immune response) respond to inflammation and identified how the immune response depends on their origin.

16 Jul 2021

Ultra-processed foods increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Ultra-processed foods containing high levels of added sugar, fat, and salt, but lacking in vitamins and fiber, are key contributors to the development of IBD.

16 Jul 2021

COVID-19 vaccine candidate that can be produced in yeast proves effective in macaques

Researchers in the United States have designed a modular protein subunit vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that elicited a strong immune response in macaques and prevented the animals from developing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

15 Jul 2021

Inflammation News and Research

World Brain Day 2021: An interview with Professor Alan Thompson

Human tissue xenografts in murine models for the study of SARS-CoV-2

Maternal fecal transplant may help restore gut microbiota in newborns with diabetes risk

Targeting Piezo1 protein may be a new and ideal strategy to cure multiple sclerosis

IgA deficiency results in substantial intestinal inflammation, study reveals

UMD receives funding to enhance quality of pork production through improved muscle growth in pigs

How SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain

Functional autoantibody in COVID-19 contributes to the 'firestorm' of blood clots and inflammation

Children of obese mothers at increased risk of fatty liver disease

Chemical modification in RNA molecules may offer protection against liver disease

New research may offer clues to why MS patients develop progressive disability

Study suggests children develop short-term humoral immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection

Patient's case report reveals link between Bell’s palsy and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Oral prodrug delivers carbon monoxide to protect against acute kidney injury

Sophisticated stem cell model reveals potential route of SARS-CoV-2 entry into the brain

UK study finds brain or nerve complications in 1 in 20 of children hospitalized with COVID-19

Disruption in blood clotting and the first line immune system could contribute to psychosis

RUDN University biologists discover the way how macrophages respond to inflammation

Ultra-processed foods increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease

COVID-19 vaccine candidate that can be produced in yeast proves effective in macaques

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Latest News