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 What are transfer factors? |
| Transfer factors are tiny natural molecules found in all mammals and birds in the body that transfer critical immune information to our cells. They work across species barriers- from animal to person or animal to animal-to give the naive immune system the knowledge it needs. |
| How do transfer factors work? |
| Transfer factors educate your naive immune system about a present or potential danger and equip it with a plan for action. Although the most notable function of these smart molecules is to speed up the recognition of a threat, making the duration of an illness shorter, they also support the immune system's ability to remember past invasions, allowing your body to more quickly respond to similar health threats. In addition, transfer factors can balance the immune system by suppressing it when it's overactive, for example with an autoimmune disorder. |
| How were transfer factors discovered? |
| In 1949, Dr. H. Sherwood Lawrence determined that an immune response could be transferred from a donor to a recipient through a white blood cell extract. He concluded that the extract contained a factor capable of transferring the donor's immunity information to the recipient and named the substance transfer factor. |
| What prompted scientists to look for transfer factors in eggs and colostrum? |
| It was first noticed that when newborn cows didn't or couldn't nurse, they often quickly died. Infection, and not starvation, was usually the cause. Researchers realized that the mother was passing immunity information to the calf after birth and that the only means could be transfer factors in her milk. It was then realized that birds must have a similar mechanism for passing immunity on to their own young. |
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