Source: University of California - Irvine
Date: November 7, 2006
Summary:
Natural compounds derived from a sea anemone extract and a shrub plant have been found to block the autoimmune disease response in type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, according to University of California, Irvine researchers. The study shows both in human and animal tests how these compounds work to deter the effect of autoimmune T-cells, white blood cells that attack the body. The goal, according to UCI researchers, is to develop new treatments from these compounds that will target these destructive T-cells while allowing other white blood cells to fight disease and infection.
Commentary: Maybe this finding will have applications in human regenerative medicine, as stem cells could supplement new treatments that could be developed from these compounds and regenerate destroyed cells after the compound has stopped the process that destroys the cells.
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