What is Thymex used for?
Thymus extract is used for hay fever, infection of the airways, the common cold, flu, food allergies, asthma, weakened and enlarged heart (dilated cardiomyopathy), and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support most of these uses.
What supplements are good for the thymus?
Nutrients & Plant Compounds Vitamin A supports the thymus and stimulates the immune response. Daily supplementation with high dose vitamin C maintains the size and weight of the thymus and increases the number of T cells. You also need enough selenium for immunity against viruses and cancer.
What is thymus therapy?
Purified thymus extracts (pTE) and synthetic thymic peptides (sTP) are thought to enhance the immune system of cancer patients in order to fight the growth of tumour cells and to resist infections due to immunosuppression induced by the disease and antineoplastic therapy.
What does Thymex do for dogs?
Nutrition is a powerful tool to support pet immune system health. VF Thymex supports a healthy thymus gland, the master gland of the immune system.
Can your thymus gland grow back?
After injury the thymus has a remarkable capacity to regenerate itself.
Can a person live without a thymus gland?
The thymus is part of the body’s immune system, and plays its largest role early in a person’s development. Surgical removal of the thymus has no effect on the immune system for someone after they are born.
Can children take Immuplex?
Warning: Accidental overdose of iron-containing products is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6. Keep this product out of reach of children.
Can an adult live without a thymus gland?
Can a thymus gland grow back?
Is thymomodulin mutagenic?
Thymomodulin (Ellem Industria Farmaceutica s.p.a., Milan, Italy) is a calf thymus acid lysate derivative, composed of several peptides with a molecular weight range of 1-10 kD. Thymomodulin did not exhibit any mutagenic effect. Furthermore, thymomodulin used in animal studies showed no toxicity even when used at high concentrations.
What is the clinical trial for sirolimus?
Sirolimus was studied in a one-year, clinical trial in high risk patients (Study 4) who were defined as Black transplant recipients and/or repeat renal transplant recipients who lost a previous allograft for immunologic reasons and/or patients with high panel-reactive antibodies (PRA; peak PRA level > 80%).
What is sirolimus oral solution used for?
Sirolimus Oral Solution is indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients aged 13 years or older receiving renal transplants.
Does sirolimus interact with tacrolimus in liver transplant patients?
In a study in de novo liver transplant patients, the use of Sirolimus in combination with tacrolimus was associated with excess mortality and graft loss (22% in combination versus 9% on tacrolimus alone). Many of these patients had evidence of infection at or near the time of death.