Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s: The Immune System Connection

For decades, the medical community viewed neuroinflammation as the “enemy”—a destructive byproduct of diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s that needed to be suppressed at all costs. However, a sweeping review published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation reveals a far more nuanced reality: the brain’s immune system is not merely a passenger in neurodegeneration, but … Read more

Tick Proteins: New Hope for Inflammatory Disease Treatment

The search for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and even cancer may have taken a significant leap forward, thanks to an unexpected source: ticks. Researchers at Monash University have identified a single protein from ticks capable of broadly suppressing the immune system’s inflammatory response – a finding that challenges previous understanding of tick immunology and … Read more