News tagged with skin inflammation


Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the ...


Novel genetic finding offers new avenue for future Crohn's disease treatment

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine identified a novel link between ITCH, a gene known to regulate inflammation in the body and NOD2, a gene which causes the majority of genetic Crohn's Disease ...





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Smokers with common autoimmune disorder at higher risk for skin damage

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As if there weren't enough reasons to stop smoking, a team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have just found another. A study led by Dr. Christian A Pineau, Co-Director ...


Stress may make you itch

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Current research suggests that stress may activate immune cells in your skin, resulting in inflammatory skin disease. The related report by Joachim et al., "Stress-induced Neurogenic Inflammation in Murine Skin Skews Dendritic ...


Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease

Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of immune cell that can be out of control in certain chronic inflammatory diseases, worsening the symptoms of conditions like psoriasis and asthma, is described for the first time ...


Chronic inflammation can help nurture skin cancer, study shows

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Inflammation, a frontline defense against infection or disease, can help nurture skin cancer, researchers have found. IDO, an enzyme that works like a firefighter to keep inflammation under control, can be commandeered to ...


Mice with skin condition help scientists understand tumor growth

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancerous tumors sometimes form at the site of chronic wounds or injury, but the reason why is not entirely clear. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have engineered mice with a persistent ...


DNA component can stimulate and suppress the immune response

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A component of DNA that can both stimulate and suppress the immune system, depending on the dosage, may hold hope for treating cancer and infection, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.


Psoriasis lesions loaded with newly discovered immune cell

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created Feb 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 0

A new study of psoriasis patients shows that a recently discovered immune cell, called Th17, appears to be a key player in the disease and occurs in far higher concentrations in their skin than occurs in skin of healthy individuals.


Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin diseases

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created Aug 07, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Green tea could hold promise as a new treatment for skin disorders such as psoriasis and dandruff, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.


Biologists discover a protein link to wound healing

Biologists discover a protein link to wound healing

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Diabetes and eczema may appear to be two completely unrelated diseases. But UC San Diego biologists have uncovered what appears to be a crucial biochemical link between the two.


Dermatologic infections in cancer patients treated with EGFRI therapy

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who experience dermatologic toxic effects from epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRIs) have a high prevalence of skin and nail infections, according to a new study published online December 9 in the ...



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