PAI-1 is a protein that actively sabotages your body's ability to clean up dead cells, trapping you in a state of permanent inflammation.

Dying cells normally put out an eat me signal that tells the immune system to come and clear the debris. Macrophages produce a specific protein that physically blocks this signal from being seen by the cleanup crew. Because the dead cells are never removed, the body stays in a state of high alert and continues to attack itself. This cycle is what makes conditions like chronic heart disease or lung scarring so difficult to treat. We now know that stopping this single protein could be the key to finally ending chronic inflammation.