Tag Archives: Antiinflammatory

New Study Reveals Natural Sweetener Thaumatin’s Anti-Inflammatory Benefits

Recent research has uncovered surprising health benefits linked to thaumatin, a natural sweetener extracted from the West African Katemfe fruit. While widely known for its sweetening and flavor-enhancing properties, scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology have discovered that thaumatin could have powerful anti-inflammatory effects. The study reveals that during digestion, thaumatin produces… Read More »

Anti-inflammatory drug improves survival in COVID-19 patients

Researchers from 68 sites across the country, led by David E. Leaf and Shruti Gupta  from the Division of Renal Medicine at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have investigated the effects of the anti-inflammatory drug tocilizumab on critically ill patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Unlike steroids, which suppress the immune system more broadly, tocilizumab specifically inhibits the receptor for… Read More »