A new Cedars-Sinai study demonstrates how gut bacteria can influence the development of blood vessel inflammation in laboratory mice. The findings, if confirmed in humans, would open a potential ...

The study, published Feb. 25 in Nature Communications, challenges the conventional belief that a type of fat called ceramides accumulates in blood vessels causing inflammation and health risks.

But paradoxically, it can also lead to further damage to the blood vessels in the brain. "This is the first time we've looked at how the brain's blood vessels react to a stroke at the molecular ...