Tag: inflammation

Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, found that an unhealthy, inflamed gut promoted the spread of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

An Unhealthy Microbiome Promotes the Spread of Breast Cancer

6/11/2019

Fascinating new research from our Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, suggests that an unhealthy gut microbiome promotes the spread of breast cancer.

Graduate student Michael Schappe (left) and Bimal Desai, PhD, have discovered a switch that could let doctors shut down inflammation.

The Switch That Could Shut Down Inflammation – Even in the Brain

2/26/2018

Our Bimal Desai, PhD, has discovered an electrical switch within a certain type of immune cell that could let us treat inflammatory diseases including inflammation of the brain, as seen in Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s, for the first time. What he found was that this switch, called an ion channel,…

Tag: inflammation

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