When something goes wrong before or during birth, doctors know the potential consequences are huge and often harmful; what they often don't know is the exact nature of the damage that is caused by ...

Acute (short-term) inflammation occurs when your immune system sends inflammatory cells to a cut, injury, infection, or irritant to fight germs and initiate healing. Chronic inflammation happens when ...

Surely, inflammation is half a billion years old, since even the lowly starfish may experience it. Virtually every human being who ever lived has suffered from it, perhaps dozens or hundreds of times.

The TO_AITION project, completed this month (December 2025), has been investigating the biological causes of inflammation linking cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and depression, and has used a wide ...