Cancer, Asthma: New Light Shed On Inflammatory Disease
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 19:21
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have found that understanding the precise timing of communication between cells that coordinate the body's response to disease could be key to new drug developments. A new study in Science examines a key player in conditions such as cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and asthma and has shown that cells use a sophisticated communication system to coordinate responses to infection and maintain inflammation in the body. This system is now a target for designing drugs to treat these conditions.