Blood-Vessel-On-A-Chip Sheds Light on Anti-Inflammatory Drug Candidate

Redness, heat, swelling, and pain are the basic characteristics of inflammation described by a Roman physician in the first century. While those characteristics haven’t changed over the millennia, the inflammatory process is generally viewed as a double-edged sword. For instance, the inflammatory response to injury or disease is essential for recruiting the immune system to help the body heal, yet inflammation can also cause an increase in the production of compounds such as thrombin, whic