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Exercising muscle helps to combat chronic inflammation – Health Europa

A new study has shown that human muscle can ward off the damaging effects of chronic inflammation when exercised.

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Carried out by biomedical engineers at Duke University, the study used lab-grown, engineered human muscle to show that it autonomously blocks the damaging effects of a pro-inflammatory molecule interferon gamma which has been associated with various types of muscle wasting and dysfunction.
Low-level inflammation can  be created when the body is injured to clear away debris and rebuild tissue, however, sometimes the immune system overreacts and creates an inflammatory response that causes damage,…

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