Major Breakthrough Allows Scientists to Better Understand Inflammatory Diseases

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By Anna Scanlon

Scientists have just achieved a major breakthrough in understanding how inflammation works on a cellular level. This new research, led by Dr. Evanna Mills of Trinity College Dublin, was recently published in the journal Cell.

Mills and her team from 9 different institutions have found that when macrophage cells are activated, they re-wire the mitochondria in the cells to a point that the response becomes abnormal. In this case, this presents with inflammatory diseases and conditions like Crohn’s, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and a host of other painful conditions. [1]

While acute inflammation works to help the body fight disease, the …read more

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