inflammation Archives

Stanford University School of Medicine blog

Muting an inflammatory loudspeaker on immune cells shrinks acute stroke damage

Selectively subduing a set of cells that migrate to the brain after a stroke occurs could meaningfully treat the stroke even days later.

Yes, it’s inflammatory bowel disease — but what kind? Soon it might be easier to tell

Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease currently requires an invasive procedure. New research identifies a way to identify the disease using a blood draw.

Needle in a haystack: Two days after stroke, a handful of blood cells reveal risk of dementia a year later

A pattern of inflammatory activity in circulating blood cells just two days after a stroke predicts the loss of substantial mental acuity a full year later.