Inflammation is a natural defense used by the body to protect itself. When we get a cut, infection, or injury, the immune ...

A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer gene activity, ...

Wound healing is a multistep biological process involving inflammation, tissue formation, and remodeling. While inflammation is essential for clearing debris and recruiting repair cells, excessive or ...

Without the inflammasome, the immune response to invading pathogens would be severely flawed. This protein conglomerate is a key part of the immune system, and a new study from the Department of ...

A growing body of research points to chronic, low-grade inflammation inside the brain as a possible accelerant of Alzheimer’s disease, not just a bystander response to damage already done. The 2024 ...

A study out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has unveiled new insights into the inflammatory processes behind periodontitis, a common and debilitating gum disease. Research conducted ...

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inflammasome Therapeutics (https://www.inflam.com/), a clinical-stage biotech company developing novel, first-in-class dual ...

First-in-class clinical trial in dry AMD with new drug specifically designed to inhibit inflammasome activation in the eye and to be administered locally via a newly designed sustained release implant ...

Neuronal inflammation is the common denominator in diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Type 2 Diabetes, that have ...

Roche has agreed to pay roughly $445 million for Inflazome, joining the race to bring to market drugs that block the inflammasome, a part of the immune system linked to inflammatory diseases. The move ...