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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
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by ruth on May 21, 2007
In studies on mice, Dr. Michael Demetriou and colleagues with the UC Irvine Center for Immunology found that N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), which is similar but more effective than the widely available glucosamine, inhibited the growth and function of abnormal T-cells that incorrectly direct the immune system to attack specific tissues in the body, such as brain myelin in MS and insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in diabetes.
Together with a recent study on the use of GlcNAc in the treatment of treatment-resistant autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease, these findings point to the use of metabolic therapy using dietary supplements such as GlcNAc for treating autoimmune diseases.
More details from UC Irvine.
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multiple+sclerosis
diabetes
acetylglucosamine
dietary+supplement
autoimmune+disease
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Response from:
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Great articles. Having trouble subscribing to your newsletter. Please add my email. Thank you, Wes
Response from:
Czes Kulvis
(06/13/07 6:06pm)
I as MS sufferer for over 10 years always am excited seeing that natural stuff (not drugs) can suppress multiple sclerosis.
Thank you -
Czes Kulvis
Thank you -
Czes Kulvis
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Russ
(06/28/07 2:13am)
Sounds great. I imagine nearly everyone who suffers from MS will be asking where they can get hold of quality N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)supplements. Nutratose Powder seems to give a slightly scientific spectrogram of the contents of the product (8 essential sugars etc etc) and GlcNac seems to be significant. I'm not sure if Glucosamine is a worthwhile substitute - and there's no shortage of supplements recommended for MS suffers at the moment. All the best.
Response from:
John Cowburn
(09/24/07 12:22pm)
any information please on Multiple Sclerosis - partic BBIC
Response from:
Sylvia Moss
(09/26/07 7:29pm)
Where can I buy this? I have MS, and this product could be just what I need. My zip code is 90404, and I am in Santa Monica, CA.
Response from:
Hans Mestern
(06/15/09 10:25am)
Have been taking NAG to offset the side effects of taking Prednisone with good results- also the compounding pharmacists informed me that he has patients who take NAG to keep their minds sharp.
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