Intervertebral disk tissue was obtained from 35 patients undergoing surgery for chronic degenerative disease (n = 25) or an acutely herniated disk (n = 12). Of note, 48% of patients with degenerative ...

Correctly identifying cytokine pathways that are dysregulated in any given rheumatology patient could lead to better use of current biologic therapies, said a presenter at the 2022 Association of ...

New therapeutic approaches to resolve persistent pain are highly needed. We tested the hypothesis that manipulation of cytokine receptors on sensory neurons by clustering regulatory cytokine receptor ...

A team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School has successfully used acupuncture to dampen a potentially fatal inflammatory response known as a cytokine storm, in mice with ...

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers used ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequence data to understand the association between inflammatory cytokines and poor outcomes of pediatric ...

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Shuang Zhou about cytokine-base cancer immunotherapy, the current state of the field, and future prospects. Cytokines are molecular messengers released by ...

A comprehensive, multi-phase investigation published in Advanced Science suggests that the amino acid tryptophan (Trp) may be a key determinant of therapeutic response to conventional synthetic ...

It can be a relief to scratch the occasional itch, but when an itch gets out of control and doesn’t stop it can become a serious health problem. Scientists at the University of California, San ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how SARS-CoV-19 weakens the immune system--and ...