As soon as you are wounded—whether from grabbing a hot pan or contracting the flu—you begin a unique journey through variable ...

A chain of immune reactions in the gut—driven by a key signaling protein and a surge of white blood cells from the bone ...

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer ...

Inflammation keeps people alive, but when it fails to switch off, it quietly drives pain, disability, and organ damage.

The involvement of glial cells in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been mostly viewed as a secondary adaptive response to ...

Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare kidney disease that is also ...

To complement recovery after an injury, a health reporter went the herbal route with a clinical expert's guidance. One bonus ...

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a highly prevalent sensory disorder globally, affecting over 1.5 billion people, with a ...

A nanomaterial based on a platform developed by Professor Samuel Stupp crosses the blood-brain barrier and targets harmful inflammation after most the common type of a stroke.

Inflammation has become somewhat of a wellness buzzword in recent years. It's often used as a scapegoat for a myriad of vague health problems: fatigue, bloating, acne, weight gain, brain fog. The list ...

The complement system is an innate immune response that leads to increased inflammation. The drug pegcetacoplan—a complement inhibitor—was approved for medical use in the United States in 2021 to ...

Scientists have spotted a new variety of riled-up microglia that drives swelling in the human brain. In the November 18 Neuron, researchers from China led by Haixiao Liu, Shunnan Ge, and Yan Qu at ...