Study findings map out a new way in which antiviral signals engage with cellular metabolism to balance defense and repair.

When our body fights an infection, the immune system must quickly activate defenses and trigger a beneficial inflammatory ...

Systemic inflammation has been elevated to a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor requiring assessment, monitoring, and modification, based on consensus recommendations.

The inflammatory response is indispensable for protective immunity, yet microbial pathogens often trigger an excessive response, a "cytokine storm," harmful to the host. Despite recent advances in our ...

Inflammation has to fight pathogens fast—but it can't get out of control. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center ...

Inflammation hasto fight pathogens fast—but it can't get out of control. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now deciphered in more detail how the organism masters this ...

Researchers in Japan are exploring a future where the body itself becomes a health monitor, no screens or batteries required.

A heart attack activates stress circuits in the brain that evolved for survival but can amplify inflammation, disrupt healing ...

Avoid these foods to combat chronic inflammation.