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Who needs Humira when you can have worm shots?

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Worm proteins injected intraperitoneally (shot in the abdomen) ameliorate colitis in mice.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121530207/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
“Conclusions: Treatment with proteins of S. mansoni and A. caninum ameliorated TNBS-induced colitis in mice. S. mansoni proteins increased mRNA expression of regulatory cytokines while suppressing expression of proinflammatory cytokines. Therefore, we suggest a therapeutic potential for helminth proteins in the treatment of IBD.”
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Asphelia Pharmaceuticals: the new TSO

Monday, December 1, 2008

So it looks like TSO has been bought by Asphelia Pharmaceuticals, who supposedly has rights to all uses of TSO except for IBD in Europe. Here’s a link to their site:
http://www.aspheliapharma.com/
And they have a fabulous video on the use of helminths for inflammatory diseases:
http://www.aspheliapharma.com/media.html
In their pipeline, they claim that they were [...]

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