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Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
Protein Halts White Blood Cells, May Result in New Treatments
September 9th, 2000
A protein that reduces inflammation has been discovered by a group of University of British Columbia, Canada, researchers. The finding, reported in the August 18, 2000, issue of Science, may pave the way for new treatments of chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, gingivitis, and lung disease. The Canadian research team, led by Prof. Chris Overall at UBC's Faculty of Dentistry, discovered how one of the natural signals - MCP-3 - the human body uses to turn off inflammation while studying how cancer cells spread. "MCP-3 is like a traffic signal with a green and red light that tells the macrophages - white blood...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2000-09-09)
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