Our understanding of how cells interact with each other has been driven for decades by the central concept of ...

Scientists have uncovered a natural braking system that helps the immune system switch off inflammation and prevent harmful ...

Scientists at The Wistar Institute and clinical researchers from ChristianaCare's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute have discovered a vulnerability in pancreatic cancer that could be ...

Inflammation usually helps us rather than harms us. It is the body’s emergency response to infection, injury, and damaged ...

Scientists discovered that aging cells can use malfunctioning mitochondria to unlock inflammatory genes and keep the immune ...

A protein called human resistin may help flip on one of the immune system’s most powerful inflammatory switches. Researchers ...

There are various studies that have explored the role of the body’s circadian rhythm in regulating immune activity. Disruptions in the circadian rhythms exacerbate inflammation. Researchers from the ...

The diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide can calm inflammation in the brain by coordinating a response across multiple types of cells. The findings suggest the medication might help protect ...

The process of aging is associated with a decline in immune functions and persistent low-level inflammation. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered a strain of Lentilactobacillus capable of ...

New research has updated our understanding of how sugars, known as glycans, help immune cells move into skin in the inflammatory disease, psoriasis. The paper entitled “Leukocytes have a heparan ...