Wound healing happens in four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. In the inflammation stage, ...

Investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body's important inflammatory responses. Their findings open up possibilities for modulating the ...

Inflammation can feel like a localized fever, with redness, pain, heat and swelling. It’s how the body works to protect you after an injury, removing damaged tissue or invading bacteria and beginning ...

The buzzy term gets blamed for many diseases. But it isn’t all bad. Credit...Pete Gamlen Supported by By Nina Agrawal Illustrations by Pete Gamlen Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We ...

“If you cut yourself and the wound gets infected, it’ll become inflamed. There’s a reason for that: The inflammation brings in all the white blood cells that help you fight the infection,” says Eric ...

“An association between inflammation and Parkinson’s is well known, but a fundamental question remains unanswered,” said Talene Yacoubian, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurology in the ...