Beta-Glucan Research Offers Promise for Anthrax Protection

Beta-Glucan Research Offers Promise for Anthrax Protection

NEW YORK--A highly purified particulate form of yeast beta-1,3 glucan protected mice against a lethal dose of anthrax when it was administered orally after anthrax exposure, according to Biopolymer Engineering (www.biopolymer.com), which supplied its WGP Beta Glucan for the study. Researchers from Defence R&D Canada conducted the study as part of more than a decade of ongoing research on immune modulators. Their work was published online by Medscape General Medicine (www.medscape.com).

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