Aspirin, take two: Research identifies a second effect of the drug against inflammation

Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 09:01 in Health & Medicine

Aspirin has a second effect, researchers have found: Not only does it kill cyclooxygenase, thus preventing production of the prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain, it also prompts the enzyme to generate another compound that hastens the end of inflammation, returning the affected cells to homeostatic health.

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