WEDNESDAY, Jan. 28, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Scientists may have uncovered a new cause of asthma that could change how the ...

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have identified a previously overlooked mediator in the body's response to ...

New research reveals hidden inflammation chemicals in asthma that rise with symptom severity and may allow earlier, simpler ...

New Study Suggests We’ve Been Targeting the Wrong Asthma Trigger *For decades, asthma treatment has focused on molecules called leukotrienes. These compounds cause inflammation, tighten airways, and ...

Asthma may not be driven by the molecules scientists have blamed for decades. Researchers have identified “pseudo leukotrienes,” inflammation-triggering compounds formed by uncontrolled free-radical ...

A hidden immune cascade linking the gut and bone marrow may explain how IBD turns inflammation into colon cancer.

Research led by the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging in Cologne reports that misincorporation of ribonucleotides into mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) initiates an inflammatory cascade. Mitochondria ...

Inflammation sits at the heart of everything from sprained ankles to heart disease, yet medicine has long struggled to switch ...

For decades, scientists have thought they understood the biochemical machinery that causes asthma—inflammation in the lungs that constricts airways and makes it hard to breathe. Molecules called ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) belongs to a broader category of health conditions known as immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). These disorders share a common characteristic: chronic ...