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Research discoveries reveal insights behind neurological degeneration

Research discoveries revealing the genetic causes of neurological degeneration could be a key to slowing the progression of devastating diseases.

14 Aug 2018

NIH grant for Mount Sinai to study use of inhaled corticosteroids for treatment of sickle cell disease

The Departments of Emergency Medicine and Hematology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health toward further study of inhaled corticosteroids to treat sickle cell disease in individuals who do not have asthma.

14 Aug 2018

E-cigarettes not so safe but still better than cigarettes

According to latest research vaping using e-cigarettes can hasten the death of lung cells by up to fifty times and cause serious lung diseases later in life. This latest study was published in the journal Thorax.

14 Aug 2018

Discovery could lead to new drugs against infection and inflammation

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body's own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation by deactivating the toxic substances formed in the process.

13 Aug 2018

Glaucoma could be an autoimmune disorder, study suggests

Glaucoma, a disease that afflicts nearly 70 million people worldwide, is something of a mystery despite its prevalence. Little is known about the origins of the disease, which damages the retina and optic nerve and can lead to blindness.

10 Aug 2018

Scientists make surprising discovery in nerve cells

Purkinje cells are a central part of the human cerebellum, the part of the brain that plays an important role in motor learning, fine motor control of the muscle, equilibrium and posture but also influences emotions, perception, memory and language.

10 Aug 2018

Biomarkers responsible for exhaustion in cancer linked to fatigue in Parkinson's disease

Biological markers responsible for extreme exhaustion in patients with cancer have now been linked to fatigue in those with Parkinson's disease, according to new research from Rice University.

10 Aug 2018

Study: Rare lymphoid cells play key role in development of inflammatory arthritis

Immunologists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg have demonstrated that ILC2, a group of rare lymphoid cells, play a key role in the development of inflammatory arthritis.

10 Aug 2018

New approach identifies genes that help microbes to survive in the human gut

Trillions of tiny microbes and bacteria live in your gut, each with their own set of genes. These gut microbes can have both beneficial and harmful effects on your health, from protecting you against inflammation to causing life-threatening infections.

10 Aug 2018

Dietary carbohydrates linked to increased risk of osteoarthritis

Do your knees ache? According to new findings from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, your diet could be a culprit.

9 Aug 2018

Estrogen may protect against heart failure-related depression

Estrogen may protect against heart failure-related depression by preventing the production of inflammation-causing chemicals in the brain. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology.

9 Aug 2018

Scientists uncover reason for similarity between cells in malignant cancers and embryonic cells

Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities between cells in the most malignant cancers and the embryonic cells of the organ in which the cancer originated.

9 Aug 2018

Physical activity can help reduce risk of heart disease in older adults

Adults in their early 60s, who spend less time sitting and more time engaged in light to vigorous physical activity, benefit with healthier levels of heart and vessel disease markers, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

9 Aug 2018

Breathing ‘a chore’: California wildfires threaten the health of young and old

Debbie Dobrosky noticed a peculiar hue in the sky on Monday — "a very ugly yellow casting" — as she peeked outside. A large cloud of smoke had begun to cover the sun.

8 Aug 2018

Exercise could limit risk of atrial fibrillation in obese people

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often rapid heart rate that can increase the risk of stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. It's more common in older people, and as it happens, in people who are obese.

8 Aug 2018

LSU Health research may lead to a change in worldwide obesity prevention strategy

A team of LSU Health New Orleans researchers has found a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity among youth in Grenada compared to US adolescents.

7 Aug 2018

Scientists identify two potential new drug targets for treatment of HIV

Johns Hopkins scientists report they have identified two potential new drug targets for the treatment of HIV. The finding is from results of a small, preliminary study of 19 people infected with both HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - and the hepatitis C virus.

7 Aug 2018

Access to soil increases mice's resistance to allergic inflammations

When mice live in cages with an added earthen floor, it increases their resistance towards allergic inflammations. Close contact with micro-organisms in the soil triggers anti-inflammatory genes in the mice and stimulates their gut microbiota.

7 Aug 2018

Study could help explain why Asians often develop diabetes at a lower body weight

A new UC San Francisco study has discovered a key biological difference in how people of European and Chinese descent put on weight -- a finding that could help explain why Asians often develop type 2 diabetes at a much lower body weight than Caucasians.

7 Aug 2018

Researchers identify role of infection-fighting cells in inflamed and damaged tissue

Hookworms infect nearly 430 million people in the world, mostly in countries where sanitation is poor, and people often walk barefoot.

7 Aug 2018

Inflammation News and Research

Research discoveries reveal insights behind neurological degeneration

NIH grant for Mount Sinai to study use of inhaled corticosteroids for treatment of sickle cell disease

E-cigarettes not so safe but still better than cigarettes

Discovery could lead to new drugs against infection and inflammation

Glaucoma could be an autoimmune disorder, study suggests

Scientists make surprising discovery in nerve cells

Biomarkers responsible for exhaustion in cancer linked to fatigue in Parkinson's disease

Study: Rare lymphoid cells play key role in development of inflammatory arthritis

New approach identifies genes that help microbes to survive in the human gut

Dietary carbohydrates linked to increased risk of osteoarthritis

Estrogen may protect against heart failure-related depression

Scientists uncover reason for similarity between cells in malignant cancers and embryonic cells

Physical activity can help reduce risk of heart disease in older adults

Breathing ‘a chore’: California wildfires threaten the health of young and old

Exercise could limit risk of atrial fibrillation in obese people

LSU Health research may lead to a change in worldwide obesity prevention strategy

Scientists identify two potential new drug targets for treatment of HIV

Access to soil increases mice's resistance to allergic inflammations

Study could help explain why Asians often develop diabetes at a lower body weight

Researchers identify role of infection-fighting cells in inflamed and damaged tissue

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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