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How understanding inflammation could transform treatments from cancer to Alzheimer’s.
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Notable Quotes
"Inflammation actually is and how chronic inflammation can get stuck in a self-perpetuating loop."
— Eleanor Riley , Academic
"Research into inflammation is leading to a radical new approach to lung cancer-prevention."
— Charlie Swanton , Academic
"Inflammation plays a key role in Alzheimer’s, but how to intervene remains a mystery."
— Tara Spires-Jones , Academic
"What we eat can heighten or reduce inflammation in our bodies."
— Sarah Berry , Academic
Key People
Clinical Director at the Francis Crick Institute.
Immunologist at the University of Edinburgh.
Professor in the nutrition department at Kings College London.
Director of the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.
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