Chronic illness

Study Reveals How To Treat Disease Caused By Food Allergy In Children

The study found that the disease is caused by Interleukin-18 (IL-18), a protein involved in the innate immune response that can cause inflammation if produced in excess. 

Jul 31, 2023, 20:40 PM IST

Body Cells Involved In Immune Responses Cause Fat And Muscle Loss During Infection: Study

Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, US, found that while the muscle loss helped the mice fight and survive the infection, the fat loss had no impact on the mice's ability to fight or survive the infection.

Jul 26, 2023, 08:54 AM IST