For people battling prostate cancer, the fight can feel like a contest between the disease and the doctors. Their body is the battlefield, but they may nonetheless feel marginalized—more bystander ...

However, some complement components, such as complement 5a (C5a), act as strong mediators of inflammation. Because in some cases inflammation can promote cancer growth, John Lambris at the University ...

Therapy-based complementary -- sometimes called integrative -- medicine encompasses a wide range of practices and approaches to support you physically, emotionally, and mentally, used alongside ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Global understanding of complement has shifted and developed since the 21st century: from our idea of a blood-based antibiotic system to a global regulator of immunity and tissue homeostasis. Recent ...