Principle Topics: Pain, Inflammation and Musculo-Skeletal Health
Speaker: Antony Haynes
Location: Reading, RG4
Host: Tanya Page
Date: 12-11-2009
Times: 11:00 – 14:30
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- UCLA Cancer Researchers First to Link Intestinal Inflammation with Systemic Chromosome Damage
- Innate Immunity and Inflammation in Ageing: a Key for Understanding Age-Related Diseases
- Probiotic Carbohydrates Reduce Intestinal Permeability and Inflammation in Metabolic Diseases
The immune system is prone to the same grave misfortunes as any defense system handling weapons: collateral damage that comes with the destruction of the enemy on one’s own territory and friendly fire due to mistaken identity. Whereas the collateral damage is the price we pay for clearance of infections, autoimmunity is a pathological process. Nevertheless, the effector mechanisms involved in both processes are the same. Whether environment can be a cause, a trigger or an amplifier of an autoimmune disease are questions that are being intensively investigated.
