Expert Alert - A Fire within
CIHR experts comment on how inflammation fuels chronic disease
ATTENTION: Assignment editors, health, research and science reporters
| For immediate release - | 2011-15 |
OTTAWA (June 20, 2011) - Inflammation has often been thought of as part of the healing process. The redness, pain, swelling and heat that come with inflammation were visible signs that the body was repairing the damage caused by injury or infection. But what about the kinds of inflammation that are harder to see or feel. It's now accepted that inflammation is a major factor in chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, arthritis, asthma and diabetes. This knowledge has ignited new research on inflammation that may lead to more effective ways to prevent, diagnose and treat chronic disease.
The following experts from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are available to discuss the latest research on inflammation and its role in chronic disease:
A dark side to the body's white knights: How overactive white blood cells cause damaging inflammation
Dr. Paul Kubes, CIHR-funded researcher (Calgary, AB)
Read profile
Pain in the gut: Inflammation in chronic digestive diseases
Dr. John Wallace, CIHR-funded researcher (Hamilton, ON)
Internal combustion: How the immune system drives inflammation
Dr. Dana Philpott, CIHR-funded researcher (Toronto, ON)
Extinguishing breath: Inflammation in chronic lung diseases
Dr. André Cantin, CIHR-funded researcher (Sherbrooke, QC)
Watch video in which CIHR Scientific Directors Drs. Jane Aubin and Marc Ouellette discuss inflammation in chronic disease.
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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's agency for health research. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health-care system. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 13,600 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
To schedule an interview, please contact:
David Coulombe
CIHR Media Specialist
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