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‘If you don’t have inflammation, then you’ll die’: How scientists are reprogramming the body’s natural superpower

body's natural superpower

Inflammation is one of the body’s superpowers. It helps us fight off infections and heal wounds. “If you don’t have inflammation, then you’ll die,” Ed Rainger, a professor who studies chronic inflammation at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., told Live Science. “It’s as simple as that.”