Dr. Charles Graber and is colleagues at the Medical University of South Carolina reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases that DMG increases antibody production in humans by more than 400 percent. The most exciting fact uncovered by this double-blind clinical study is that DMG stimulates both the antibody response and cellular immunity branches of the immune system. The immune system is a complex network of white blood cells and molecular compounds, such as antibodies and interferon. There are two types of white blood cells - lymphocytes and macrophages. Lymphocytes, as their name indi- cates, are formed in the lymph tissue.
Macrophages are large scavenger white blood cells.
Antibodies are proteins that react with specific germs. Interferon is an antiviral, antitumor compound produced from T-cells. The T cells identify and reject foreign matter, while B cells produce antibodies. Little is understood about the killer K cells, which can attack tumor cells directly. This research also determined that DMG returns below-par lymphocyte activity to normal in patients with diabetes or sickle cell anemia.