When inflammation in the body goes unchecked, it can cause fibrosis, or tissue scarring that may lead to organ dysfunction or ...

Low-grade inflammation contributes to age-related decline and impairment, but the precise pathways responsible for this inflammation and their impact on natural aging have until now remained elusive.

Inflammation has long been a warning sign in kidney clinics, a red flag that often appears years before a patient tips into ...

Researchers identified a direct connection between cancer-related inflammation and the loss of motivation characteristic of advanced cancer. In a mouse study, they describe a brain pathway that starts ...

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Cancer Center, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, reveals that statins - commonly used cholesterol-lowering drugs - may ...

In science, how you ask a question is often as important as what you ask. Philipp Niethammer, PhD The lab of cell biologist Philipp Niethammer, PhD, of the Sloan Kettering Institute at Memorial Sloan ...

Research from scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Northwestern University, and elsewhere indicates that forming long-term memories requires DNA damage and brain inflammation. The ...

Endosomes (magenta) collect around mitochondria (blue) after infection with virus HSV-1, which attacks mtDNA (green) and causes its release. LA JOLLA (February 8, 2024)—Cells in the human body contain ...

A protein called STING, previously shown to control a pathway that contributes to antiviral signaling, also plays an important role in cellular stress clearance and cell survival, according to a new ...