inflammation

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3D projections of QSM maps on the rendered brainstem

Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ is behind long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms

08 Oct 2024

Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a...

Intermittent fasting conceptual image, showing a plate of food to represent a clock.

Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation

30 Jan 2024

Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s...

Cancer drug could hold hope for treating inflammatory diseases including gout and heart diseases

01 Nov 2023

A cancer drug currently in the final stages of clinical trials could offer hope for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory diseases, including...

Inflammation in the brain linked to several forms of dementia

17 Mar 2020

Inflammation in the brain may be more widely implicated in dementias than was previously thought, suggests new research from the University of...

Inflammation links heart disease and depression, study finds

19 Mar 2019

People with heart disease are more likely to suffer from depression, and the opposite is also true. Now, scientists at the University of Cambridge...

A chest X-ray demonstrating severe COPD (cropped)

MRC, GSK and five leading UK universities collaborate to crack difficult disease areas

15 Jul 2015

Cambridge has been part of a successful £16 million bid to work with the MRC, GSK and four other UK universities in a unique open innovation research...

Million man study examines long-term effects of blocking inflammation

26 Feb 2015

Inflammation – the body’s response to damaging stimuli – may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease, according to a study published...

The analgesic effects of cooling or menthol are disrupted by inflammation, but scientists have not been clear how inflammation interferes with cold perception, until now.

The sensation of cold is shut down by inflammation

01 Jul 2012

A mechanism regulating our sensation of cold has been identified.