date:Nov 12, 2019
Australian researchers have found that a combination of mushroom extracts is able to enhance immune cell responses that could ultimately help to boost the immune system, offering protection from attack by pathogenic microbes and from the harmful effects of environmental toxins and carcinogens.
Associate Professor Joe Tiralongo from Griffith Universitys Institute for Glycomics led the research, which has been patented and now published in PLOS ONE.
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