Inflammation
How to maim a virus without killing it
7 Nov 2019Targeted mutagenesis is being used to create live-attenuated vaccines against the chikungunya virus.
Figuring out the fungi that live on and inside us
30 Aug 2019Recent progress in our understanding of Malassezia fungi is helping to unlock the secrets of their role in human health and disease.
The coincidental complications of coinfection
17 Apr 2019Malaria infections may be masking the extent of the emerging chikungunya epidemic
Ready, steady, fuse!
14 Jan 2019White blood cells in different subsets have varying propensities to fuse in response to inflammation
Clotting agent fragments help reduce sepsis risk
19 Dec 2018Small fragments of the coagulating protein thrombin may reduce the likelihood of bacterial wound infection leading to sepsis
Aging white blood cells may boost inflammation
3 Oct 2018A class of white blood cells becomes more inflammatory
as they get older
Rethinking an inflammatory receptor’s obesity connection
11 Sep 2018The long-held theory that Toll-like receptor 4 could be the link between obesity and inflammation is now being challenged
Finding the cells and the signals
29 Aug 2018Clarifying the role of a protein released by immune ‘dendritic’ cells could yield better treatments
Monocytes in the mix
15 May 2018Understanding how monocyte cells generate specialized immune system cells may help target immunity against cancer
High-fat diet linked to skin conditions
15 May 2018A
high-fat diet may worsen inflammatory skin conditions such as psoriasis
Gut bacteria implicated in liver inflammation
15 Jan 2018The
effect of gut bacteria on specific immune cells is behind persistent liver
inflammation in chronic viral hepatitis
The role of crystals in the ‘disease of kings’
19 Sep 2017Gout is associated with unhealthy living, but its underlying
mechanism has been a mystery