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Molecular ‘switch’ reverses chronic inflammation and aging.

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Chronic inflammation, which results when old age, stress or environmental toxins keep the body’s immune system in overdrive, can contribute to a variety of devastating diseases, from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to diabetes and cancer.

Now, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a molecular “switch” that controls the immune machinery responsible for chronic inflammation in the body. The finding, which appears online Feb. 6 in the journal Cell Metabolism, could lead to new ways to halt or even reverse many of these age-related conditions.

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RoadRunner44

You always find such interesting research 2greys. I really reading them. Many thanks.

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Vonnie50

Think we all need to have ours done x

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HungryHufflepuff

That's really interesting and gives hope for the future.

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Izb1

Amazing that they have identified these switches. Lets hope that trials start soon, as they say it needs in be started before the point of no return, great news x

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