Inflammation
Study identifies enzymes needed to mend tissue damage after inflammation
June 14, 2012
Findings may help predict colon cancer risk for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
How infection can lead to cancer
June 11, 2012
New MIT study offers comprehensive look at chemical and genetic changes that occur as inflammation progresses to cancer.
Also labeled: Biological engineering, Cancer, Health, Hepatitis, Medicine, Inflammatory bowel disease
Shutting off inflammation
October 9, 2011
A new way to curb inflammatory cells could lead to treatments for diseases including atherosclerosis and cancer.
Study explains why men are at higher risk for stomach cancer
July 13, 2011
MIT researchers show how estrogen protects women from the gastric inflammation that can lead to cancer.
Also labeled: Biological engineering, Biology, Cancer, Health, Medicine, Gastric cancer, Gender, Genetics
Biologists shed light on a puzzling parasite
June 17, 2011
New discovery reveals why some forms of Toxoplasma are more dangerous than others.
On the trail of a stealthy parasite
January 4, 2011
Biologist Jeroen Saeij shows why some strains of Toxoplasma are more dangerous than others.





