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Life Sciences
Data on life sciences discussed by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
October 7th, 2008
A report, 'Evaluation of widely consumed botanicals as immunological adjuvants,' is newly published data in Vaccine. According to a study from the United States, "Many widely used botanical medicines are claimed to be immune enhancers. Clear evidence of augmentation of immune responses in vivo is lacking in most cases." "To select botanicals for further study based on immune enhancing activity, we study them here mixed with antigen and injected subcutaneously (s.c.). Globo H and GD3 are cell surface carbohydrates expressed on glycolipids or glycoproteins on the cell surface of many cancers. When conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), mixed with an...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-10-07)
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