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·August 26, 2021·3 min read

Inflammatory Proteins Help Better Diagnose Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

Testing for specific inflammatory proteins in cerebrospinal fluid can help doctors to diagnose the early onset of Alzheimer's disease and track the progression of the disease in patients.

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·January 15, 2020·3 min read

Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discovered

TNFR1 receptors arrange themselves into clusters, joining together trimers and making oligomers that create a pro-inflammatory response observed in a variety of diseases.

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·June 11, 2015·3 min read

Key Regulator of Inflammation Disrupted by Gene Variants Linked to Multiple Sclerosis

According to a new study, researchers have implicated a central regulator as a cause of MS and ulcerative colitis.

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·July 11, 2012·3 min read

Gene Link to Multiple Sclerosis Explains Drug Side Effects

The biological role of a gene variant implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS) has been determined by researchers at Oxford University. The researchers investigated one particular genetic variant - found in a gene called TNFRSF1A - which has previously been associated with the risk of developing MS.