Search Tag: chronic inflammation

2024 03 Jun

  A new study conducted by researchers from the Mass General Cancer Center shows that statins—commonly used cholesterol-lowering drugs—may inhibit a specific pathway in cancer development caused by chronic inflammation. The findings are published in Nature Communications.   Chronic inflammation is a major cause of cancer worldwide. In this...Read more

2018 10 Apr

Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of death and disease in the Western world. Still, there are a lot unresolved questions about how the disease develops. Using a new technique ("single-cell RNA sequencing"), German scientists have identified the immune cell populations in the affected vessels which play a significant role in the pathogenesis....Read more