Restoring Thymus Function for Enhanced Immune Response
The key to a healthy, functioning immune system rests with the thymus gland, a small organ lying just beneath the breastbone. The primary role...
Big Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Breakthrough
A phase 1 clinical trial for the first treatment to reset the immune system of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients showed the therapy was safe...
Stomach Bacteria Switch Off Human Immune Defenses to Cause Disease
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that establishes a life-long stomach infection in humans, which in some cases can lead to duodenal ulcers or stomach cancer....
Translating Nature’s Library Yields Drug Leads for AIDS, Cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease
An ingredient, prostratin, derived from a medicinal tea traditionally brewed from tree bark by tribal healers on the South Pacific island of Samoa is...
Cold Sores Linked to Common Gene Mutation
Cold sores affect around one in five people but, until now, no one has been sure why some are more prone to the virus...
Bacteria Responsible for Gum Disease Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chronic periodontal disease (PD) – one of the most prevalent infectious inflammatory diseases affecting humans – has been positively linked to systemic inflammatory disorders,...
Going Viral – Bacteriophages Offer Sustainable, Powerful Method of Controlling Microbes
In the early 1900s, most researchers believed that DNA was a “stupid molecule,” too simple to be of any value in the transmission of...
How Flu Virus Attacks Immune System to Establish Infection
Shedding light on influenza's insidious nature, scientists from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts have discovered how the flu virus is able to quickly...
Intestinal Bacteria Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis
Researchers have linked a species of intestinal bacteria known as Prevotella copri to the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, the first demonstration in humans that the chronic...
Magnesium Stearate: A Safe and Effective Filler – Setting the Record...
An Interview with Dr. Dana Myatt, NMD ( Focus on Allergy Research, April 2013)
Note: Magnesium stearate, a common “inactive” ingredient in many nutritional supplements,...
A Galaxy Within Us: Programming Gut Microbiota with Food
Who would have thought that the human body contains over 10 times the amount of bacterial cells as human cells? These bacteria — now...
Japanese Pickled Turnip Shown to Prevent Flu Infection in Animal Model
Scientists have discovered that bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can prevent flu. Could this be the next superfood? The research, which assesses the...
