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'Congestion tax' linked to nearly 50% drop in asthma rates among children

When Stockholm, Sweden, introduced a "congestion tax" to discourage driving in the center of town, traffic eased and the pollution level dropped by between 5 and 10 percent.

1 Mar 2017

New PET radiotracer can quickly, non-invasively detect life-threatening atherosclerotic plaques

In the featured article of the March 2017 issue of "The Journal of Nuclear Medicine," researchers demonstrate that a new positron emission tomography radiotracer, gallium-68 (Ga-68)-pentixafor, can quickly and non-invasively identify life-threatening atherosclerotic plaques.

1 Mar 2017

Immune system defect makes Addison’s patients prone to respiratory infections

Research led by University of Birmingham scientists has found that people suffering from the adrenal disorder known as Addison's disease suffer from an immune system defect which makes them prone to potentially deadly respiratory infections.

1 Mar 2017

Study offers hope of improved treatment for people with severe asthma

Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a 'step closer' after a research team led by the University of Leicester identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing.

1 Mar 2017

Adolescent, early adult diet linked to chronic inflammation may increase premenopausal breast cancer risk

Women who consumed a diet as adolescents or young adults associated with chronic inflammation had a higher risk for premenopausal breast cancer compared with those whose adolescent and early adulthood diet was not associated with chronic inflammation.

1 Mar 2017

Novel non-pharmacological approach shows promise to manage chronic pain

Chronic pain afflicts over 100 million people across the United States. It diminishes their productivity and their quality of life and costs hundreds of billions of dollars each year to medically manage. It shatters people's emotional wellbeing, tears apart families and claims lives through suicides and accidental drug overdoses.

1 Mar 2017

Genetic variation may be reason for overreaction of immune system to viruses

Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered that genetic variation is the reason why some immune systems overreact to viruses.

28 Feb 2017

Activated T-cells promote heart failure after heart attack

Chronic inflammation after a heart attack can promote heart failure and death. University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have now shown that activated T-cells — part of the immune system's inflammatory response — are both necessary and sufficient to produce such heart failure.

28 Feb 2017

SBP researchers identify new regulator of innate immune response to foreign invaders

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified a new regulator of the innate immune response—the immediate, natural immune response to foreign invaders.

28 Feb 2017

Research sheds new light on key factor involved in several diseases

New light on a key factor involved in diseases such as Parkinson's disease, gastric cancer and melanoma has been cast through latest University of Otago, New Zealand, research carried out in collaboration with Australian scientists.

28 Feb 2017

Scientists reveal how gluten plays role in development of rare form of cancer for coeliac patients

Scientists in The Netherlands have revealed how gluten plays a role in the development of a rare form of cancer, for some people with coeliac disease.

27 Feb 2017

GUMC launches phase II clinical study to examine safety of cancer drug for Parkinson's disease

Georgetown University Medical Center today announces the launch of a phase II clinical trial to study the safety of the cancer drug nilotinib and its effects on clinical outcomes and biomarkers in people with Parkinson's disease.

27 Feb 2017

Pitt study sheds light on shared roots of schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis

An in-depth computational analysis of genetic variants implicated in both schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh points to eight genes that may explain why susceptibility to one of the disorders could place individuals at lower risk for the other, according to the results of a study published today in the journal npj Schizophrenia.

24 Feb 2017

Researchers discover promising target for treatment of leishmaniasis

Each year, about 2 million people contract leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of a sand fly. The cutaneous form of the disease results in disfiguring skin ulcers that may take months or years to heal and in rare cases can become metastatic, causing major tissue damage.

24 Feb 2017

Sports massage therapist offers tips to better recognize and prevent common workout injuries

For many, the start of a new year means the start of a new workout regimen. It is difficult enough to make the time commitment, but nothing throws off a resolution like an injury.

24 Feb 2017

Researchers develop new assay for measuring underlying autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis relieve the inflammation that leads to joint destruction, but the immunologic defect that triggers the inflammation persists to cause relapses, according to research conducted at NYU Langone Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh.

24 Feb 2017

Scientists establish ‘tipping point’ molecular link between blood sugar and Alzheimer's disease

For the first time a "tipping point" molecular link between the blood sugar glucose and Alzheimer's disease has been established by scientists, who have shown that excess glucose damages a vital enzyme involved with inflammation response to the early stages of Alzheimer's.

24 Feb 2017

Inflammation News and Research

'Congestion tax' linked to nearly 50% drop in asthma rates among children

New PET radiotracer can quickly, non-invasively detect life-threatening atherosclerotic plaques

Immune system defect makes Addison’s patients prone to respiratory infections

Study offers hope of improved treatment for people with severe asthma

Adolescent, early adult diet linked to chronic inflammation may increase premenopausal breast cancer risk

Novel non-pharmacological approach shows promise to manage chronic pain

Genetic variation may be reason for overreaction of immune system to viruses

Activated T-cells promote heart failure after heart attack

SBP researchers identify new regulator of innate immune response to foreign invaders

Research sheds new light on key factor involved in several diseases

Scientists reveal how gluten plays role in development of rare form of cancer for coeliac patients

GUMC launches phase II clinical study to examine safety of cancer drug for Parkinson's disease

Pitt study sheds light on shared roots of schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers discover promising target for treatment of leishmaniasis

Sports massage therapist offers tips to better recognize and prevent common workout injuries

Researchers develop new assay for measuring underlying autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Scientists establish ‘tipping point’ molecular link between blood sugar and Alzheimer's disease

NSAIDs could potentially be repurposed as life-saving treatment for sepsis, research suggests

Mayo Clinic study finds link between biology of aging and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Scientists propose potential new treatment for Gaucher disease

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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