Within the ancient Chinese herbal pharmacopoeia, genseng is the most valued agent. Modern researchers have found it to have a wide range of pharmacological and therapeutic effects on the central nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems. Now, for the first time, researchers have found that it stimulates antimicrobial activity in the immune system. It does so by inducing a TH1-like immune response in lieu of the highly inflammatory TH2 response. Chronic P. aeruginosa is a leading contributor to mortality in patients with CF, says Song.
Antibiotics are unable to eradicate it because the bacteria produce a protective biofilm.
Song plans to investigate the mechanisms of ginseng's actions on chronic P. aeruginosa lung infection and to identify, isolate, and, if possible, synthesize the active ingredients. Ginseng Treatment reduces bacterial load and lung pathology in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in rats. Suggests Promiscuou Past, Reasons for Unpredictable Medical Outcomes Helicobacter pylori causes chronic superficial gastritis in humans and contributes to development of peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. Cover is seeking to identify genetic markers that are uniquely present in strains that cause ulcer disease and gastric cancer. High-level genetic diversity inf the vapD chromosomal region of Helicobacter pylori .