An all-Yale team of researchers successfully treated a patient with disfiguring sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that can affect multiple organs, with a drug approved for rheumatoid arthritis. Successful treatment of two other patients with similarly severe disease suggests an effective treatment for an incurable, sometimes life-threatening illness is within reach, the scientists said. Credit: CC0...
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New compound discovered in fight against inflammatory disease
A 10-year study by University of Manchester scientists for a new chemical compound that is able to block a key component in inflammatory illness has ended in success. The news follows last year’s discovery by Dr David Brough and his team that the drug mefenamic acid reversed memory loss and brain inflammation in a model of Alzheimer’s disease....
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Targeting ‘broken’ metabolism in immune cells reduces inflammatory disease
The team, led by researchers at Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London and Ergon Pharmaceuticals, believes the approach could offer new hope in the treatment of inflammatory conditions like arthritis, autoimmune diseases and sepsis. In a study published this week in the journal Nature Communications, they explain how blocking a single enzyme enabled them to reprogram...
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Not such a ‘simple’ sugar—glucose may help fight cancer and inflammatory disease
Glucose – commonly referred to as a ‘simple’ sugar – may actually be crucial in the fight against cancer and inflammatory disease as scientists have just discovered a new role in which it stimulates cells that work on the front line in the fight against tumours and infection. Glucose, which is generated from the food...
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