ScientistsattheUniversityofPittsburghSchoolofMedicinehavediscoveredanewbiologicalpathwayofinnateimmunitythatrampsupinflammationandthenidentifiedagentsthatcanblockit,leadingtoincreasedsurvivalandimprovedlungfunctioninanimalmodelsofpneumonia.TheyreportedtheirfindingstodayinNatureImmunology.