News tagged with interleukin 1
Dual role for immune cells in the brain
We all have at one time or another experienced the typical signs of an infection: the fever, the listlessness, the lack of appetite. They are orchestrated by the brain in response to circulating cytokines, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Study shows benefits of hormone found in fat tissue
It's called the obesity paradox. Although obese people are more apt to suffer from inflammatory diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, they are also more likely to survive a major attack caused by one of those ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Immune system researchers win $500K medical prize
(AP) -- The nation's richest prize in medicine and biomedical research was awarded Friday to three immune system researchers for work that led to new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes.
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Study finds molecular link between insulin resistance and inflammation
An exploration of the molecular links between insulin resistance and inflammation may have revealed a novel target for diabetes treatment, say scientists at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Study shows link between influenza virus and fever
One feature of the "new influenza" is a sudden rise in temperature. Up to now it was not exactly understood how this reaction occurs. Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 16, 2009 |
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