Medical researchers from San Diego State University and University of Nebraska Medical
Center, found out that protein intake helps to activate immune system and fight
flu effectively.
Researchers tested the synthetic protein called EP67 can boost immune system and helps fight the flu if administered within 24 hours of exposure to the virus.
Researchers tested the protein in mice by first infecting it with flu virus and then administering them with a dose of the protein within 24 hours. Mice normally lose about 20 percent of their body weight when exposed to the flu, but the mice treated with the protein lost an average of only 6 percent. Some didn't lose any weight at all. Even more important, researchers said that mice infected with a lethal dose of influenza did not die after receiving the protein.
"EP67 can protect from a lethal dose of influenza even when treatment is delayed for a full day after the time of infection," said Joy Phillips, lead author of the study.
This findings were published in the journal PLoS One.
Via ABC News
Researchers tested the synthetic protein called EP67 can boost immune system and helps fight the flu if administered within 24 hours of exposure to the virus.
Researchers tested the protein in mice by first infecting it with flu virus and then administering them with a dose of the protein within 24 hours. Mice normally lose about 20 percent of their body weight when exposed to the flu, but the mice treated with the protein lost an average of only 6 percent. Some didn't lose any weight at all. Even more important, researchers said that mice infected with a lethal dose of influenza did not die after receiving the protein.
"EP67 can protect from a lethal dose of influenza even when treatment is delayed for a full day after the time of infection," said Joy Phillips, lead author of the study.
This findings were published in the journal PLoS One.
Via ABC News
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