Post by kickingfrog on Apr 12, 2014 19:00:20 GMT
Natural protein Elafin against gluten intolerance?
Date:
April 7, 2014
Source:
INRA - Paris
Scientists from INRA and INSERM (France) in collaboration with scientists from McMaster University (Canada) and the Ecole polytechnique fédérale of Zurich (Switzerland) have shown that Elafin, a human protein, plays a key role against the inflammatory reaction typical of celiac disease (gluten intolerance).
They have also developed a probiotic bacterium able to deliver Elafin in the gut of mice.
This innovation, published online in the American Journal of Gastroenterology on 8 April 2014, paves the way to new strategies to treat gluten intolerance...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407192735.htm
Date:
April 7, 2014
Source:
INRA - Paris
Scientists from INRA and INSERM (France) in collaboration with scientists from McMaster University (Canada) and the Ecole polytechnique fédérale of Zurich (Switzerland) have shown that Elafin, a human protein, plays a key role against the inflammatory reaction typical of celiac disease (gluten intolerance).
They have also developed a probiotic bacterium able to deliver Elafin in the gut of mice.
This innovation, published online in the American Journal of Gastroenterology on 8 April 2014, paves the way to new strategies to treat gluten intolerance...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407192735.htm