News tagged with inflammatory condition


Kidney transplants generally safe for lupus patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with a history of lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's ...


Key protein regulating inflammation may prove relevant to controlling sepsis

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), have identified the protein, WIP1, as the molecular "brake" that curbs severe inflammation ...





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Test could help prevent arthritis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 13, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A New York doctor said a test developed by Dutch researchers could help prevent rheumatoid arthritis.


Study sheds light on cause of bowel disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists have uncovered vital clues about how to treat serious bowel disorders by studying the behaviour of cells in the colon.


New insights into chronic inflammation and atherosclerosis

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 25, 2007 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

[B]Inflammatory rheumatic disease and smoking independently predict aortic inflammation, suggests study of coronary artery surgery survivors[/B] Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other inflammatory rheumatic diseases are ...


Insulin, metformin do not reduce inflammatory biomarkers for diabetes patients

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In patients with recent onset type-2 diabetes, treatment with insulin or the diabetes drug metformin did not reduce inflammatory biomarkers, such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, although the treatment did improve ...


Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn

Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus, UT Southwestern Medical Center ...


New therapeutic target identified for rheumatoid arthritis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a potential new therapeutic target that could be used to treat inflammatory disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis.


Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 13, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Not all patients with sepsis mount the same immune response, even when they look the same clinically, according to findings from the first large-scale natural history study of sepsis. The results, published by University ...


Pinpointing cause of colic: Researchers identify organism

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston say one organism discovered during their study may unlock the key to what causes colic, inconsolable crying in an otherwise healthy baby.


Discovery of new family of genetic mutations involved in inflammatory intestinal disease

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The discovery of new genetic mutations involved in inflammatory intestinal disorders could lead to a better understanding of these common conditions, two scientists told the annual conference of the European Society of Human ...


Umbilical cord blood cell therapy in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease

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created Mar 26, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A novel strategy based on targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease, based on the results of a study in a mouse ...



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