NLRP3 inflammasome

Australian Researcher Honored for Discovery That May Lead to Anti-Inflammatory Therapy

Dr. Rebecca Coll, a young researcher at theĀ University of Queensland Institute of Molecular Bioscience, won theĀ 2016 Research Australia Discovery AwardĀ for her work in identifying promising anti-inflammatory compoundsĀ that are able to block the NLRP3 inflammasome ā€” a key driver of inflammation.Ā The discovery could greatly benefit patients with inflammatory diseases,…

Top 10 Multiple Sclerosis Articles of 2015

Multiple Sclerosis News Today has reported the latest therapies, clinical trial developments, and events in multiple sclerosis (MS) on a daily basis throughout the past year. As 2015 comes to an end, hereĀ are the year’s 10 articlesĀ most widely readĀ byĀ Ā Multiple Sclerosis News TodayĀ readers, each with a brief summary of the developments…

Multiple Sclerosis Treatments Benefit From Discovery of New Inflammatory Molecule

A newly discovered molecule could play a pivotal role in inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, according to researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Queensland Australia. The study was published in the journal Nature Medicine,Ā and describes aĀ molecule known as MCC950 that can suppress the ‘NLRP3 inflammasome’,…