September 17, 2024 by Osaka University Credit: Moe InoueWhile the link between diabetes and periodontal disease is known, the impact of diabetes treatment on periodontal health is less well understood. Research published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism demonstrates that periodontal inflammation can be positively affected just by receiving intensive diabetes treatment. It is widely believed...
News Release 11-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationVlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie A study by the team of Prof. Kodi Ravichandran (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues found that pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death traditionally thought to be purely inflammatory, also plays a crucial role in promoting healing and tissue repair. This research, published in Nature,...
September 3, 2024 by Molly Chiu, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: Cell Stem Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.08.006Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Michigan and collaborating institutions have discovered that inflammation in the gut leaves long-term marks on intestinal stem cells (ISCs) that reduce their ability to heal the intestine, even after inflammation...
JUNE 24, 2024 by Chiba University Researchers identify G900-dependent mechanism of in vivo Th2 differentiation. Credit: Arifumi Iwata from Chiba UniversityAsthma patients experience respiratory distress due to allergens like house dust mites or pollen. However, the various triggers for asthma share a common pathway involving the release of proteins called type-2 cytokines by Type-2 helper...
Written by Candace Nelson, MS, CN | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MD Key takeaways: There are many sources of chronic inflammation in our lifestyle — from stress to diet. And chronic inflammation can put you at risk of long-term health conditions like heart disease and diabetes.Inflammatory foods tend to be processed items that are...
By Lindsey Bever The question:Is it true that tart cherries or tart cherry juice can help reduce inflammation and pain? The science:Many athletes say they drink tart cherry juice to help with inflammation and muscle pain. Members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team drink it for exercise recovery.Tart cherries, particularly Montmorency cherries, and their...
by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn overly robust immune response to usually harmless germs has been linked to colitis, a potentially severe inflammation of the colon that afflicts millions of people worldwide. A new Yale-led study not only reveals that the presence of one class of fatty acids is the hidden villain that...
By Paul McClure Radioactive fructose illuminated cancer cells and brain and heart inflammation on a PET scanKirby et al./Journal of Nuclear Medicine A radioactive form of fructose, a natural sugar found in fruit, given to mice lit up areas of cancer and inflammation on a diagnostic medical scan. The researchers say the approach makes diseases easier...
by Salk Institute Endosomes (magenta) collect around mitochondria (blue) after infection with virus HSV-1, which attacks mtDNA (green) and causes its release. Credit: Salk InstituteCells in the human body contain power-generating mitochondria, each with their own mtDNA—a unique set of genetic instructions entirely separate from the cell’s nuclear DNA that mitochondria use to create life-giving energy....
by University of Cambridge Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113700Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way that fasting helps reduce inflammation, a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases. In a paper titled “Arachidonic acid inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome is a mechanism to explain...
