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Vitamin A may help body fight TB

Vitamin A may help body fight TB

by The Daily Eye Team March 11 2014, 3:48 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secs

Vitamin A may assist the human immune system in fighting off tuberculosis, according to a study published on Saturday in the Journal of Immunology.

Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles tested the role of nutrients in helping the immune system battle major infections. The team found that vitamin A and a specific gene help the immune system by lowering the level of cholesterol in cells infected with TB. This mechanism is important because cholesterol can be used by TB bacteria for nutrition and other requirements.

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HUMRA QURAISHI


Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist. She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer. She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh. Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single. And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others. Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!  


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