Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy the connections between our neurons and result in depression, scientists say. Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy the connections between our ...

When immunologist Dr. Wei Cao joined Baylor College of Medicine three-and-a-half years ago, her first project was to investigate how inflammation contributes to Alzheimer's disease. "Alzheimer's is ...

Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy the connections between our neurons and result in depression, scientists say. Now they are working to better understand how the destructive cycle happens ...

A new paper from the University of Kansas overturns the idea that a "risk gene" carried by millions of people worldwide ...

Type I interferons are a family of cytokines that play a critical role in the immune system, particularly in antiviral defence and immunomodulation. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an ...

In severe cases of COVID-19, a person’s immune system throws everything it has at the coronavirus, but some of the weapons it lobs end up hurting the patient instead of fighting the virus. Now ...

When we think of things like depression, the role of inflammation seems secondary to, perhaps, social circumstances that cause sadness and trauma, or even our genetics, which is a continuous field of ...

Among people with sickle cell disease—an inherited blood disorder—acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death. The condition is the result of red blood cells becoming stiff, sticky, and ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 21, 2019) - Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy the connections between our neurons and result in depression, scientists say. Now they are working to better understand how ...