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2006-08-19 04:05:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health General Health Care Injuries

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Beta-glucans (Beta-glukans) are known to irritate white blood cells and make them more aggressive against any stranger cells (bacteria, virus infected cell) or tissues (dna damaged tumors); there are some papers describing lab experiments with mice exposed to radiation and beta-glucan using group of mice developped much less tumors.
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Enhancement of radioprotection and anti-tumor immunity by yeast-derived beta-glucan in mice.

J Med Food. 2005 Summer;8(2):154-8.
Department of Radiological Technology, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Japan.

Intraperitoneal injection of beta glucan was shown to greatly delay mortality in mice exposed to whole-body X-ray radiation and tumor growth in tumor-bearing mice. Since the leukocyte and lymphocyte numbers were increased by a single dose of beta-glucan, the radioprotective effect of beta-glucan is probably mediated, at least in part, by a hemopoietic action in irradiated mice. In addition, both natural killer (NK) and lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) activities were significantly increased by repeated doses of beta-glucan. Augmented immunological activity as seen in increased NK and LAK activity by beta glucan seems to play a role in preventing secondary infections associated with irradiation, and probably contributes to the attenuated tumor growth in tumor-bearing mice through enhanced anti-tumor immunity. These results suggest that beta glucan may be a promising adjunct treatment for cancer patients receiving radiotherapy.

2006-08-19 05:00:46 · answer #1 · answered by Lord Soth 3 · 1 1

Exercise ,be happy & positive all the time , eat healthy food--don't go for chips and pizzas!Have a good sleep of 8 hours every day.

2006-08-19 04:20:51 · answer #2 · answered by louisa 3 · 1 0

http://hills.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jinouy01/mycoplasma2.html

2006-08-19 04:45:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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