This new report demonstrates that some scientists have "the right idea" about the role of inflammation in chronic disease, but of course they don't mention (are likely have no idea) that the kinds of fatty acids in your cells (which can be manipulated with diet) make a huge difference in this context, as I've tried to explain on this site in various essays and posts:
QUOTE: Drugs that have helped treat millions of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers may hold the key to many more medical conditions, including atherosclerosis -- a leading cause of heart disease -- says the researcher who jointly invented and developed them...
The drugs target proteins called cytokines, which are protein messaging molecules released by immune cells to alert the immune and other systems that the body is under attack from a pathogen and to initiate a protective counter-response against the infection.
"In autoimmune diseases, such as arthritis, we discovered that cytokines are over-produced causing the immune system to fight itself, resulting in inflammation and tissue destruction," said Professor Feldmann, from Imperial College London, who is speaking at the EPHAR 2008 conference at The University of Manchester the week of July 18.
"We further found that by blocking just one cytokine -- Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) alpha -- we were able to block all the cytokines involved in the inflammation, with remarkable clinical results..." UNQUOTE.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717193027.htm |
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