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A new Nature Immunology study identifies an alveolar lung-like cell hiding inside the thymus, where it appears to teach the immune system not to attack your real lungs.
Autoimmune & InflammationA 28-patient feasibility trial put severe gum-disease patients on three cycles of a 750-calorie ProLon diet. Inflammation markers trended lower; clinical gum measures weren't reported. The biology question is real; the data is thin.
Autoimmune & InflammationA Brazilian team gave EPA-heavy fish oil to a non-obese diabetic rat strain for eight weeks. Glucose, insulin sensitivity, and lipids all moved in the friendlier direction. The T-cell balance shifted alongside them, and that is the part of the paper worth chewing on.
Autoimmune & InflammationA Shanghai lab reports a steroid from a Yunnan mountain plant, already sold over the counter to bodybuilders, suppresses the same kidney-fibrosis pathway Big Pharma keeps circling and never quite closes on.