Surely, inflammation is half a billion years old, since even the lowly starfish may experience it. Virtually every human being who ever lived has suffered from it, perhaps dozens or hundreds of times.

A novel study using a mouse model has found that the absence of the angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) protein during development ...

Researchers have identified a dual therapeutic strategy that combined inhibition of a key SARS-CoV-2 viral enzyme with suppression of a host inflammatory pathway, with preclinical evidence that ...

Our immune system is armed with an array of defenses designed to detect and eliminate harmful threats. One of its most powerful defense mechanisms is the complement system—a group of proteins that ...

New research suggests that compulsive behavior may be less about willpower failure and more about inflammation quietly disrupting the brain’s reward and habit circuits. While the idea of “hidden brain ...

An inflammatory sugar molecule produced by certain gut bacteria may play a key role in driving ALS, a study found.

Research on a 3D microfluidic model highlights gut-brain interactions, offering new insights into inflammatory processes ...