Mucus in the human body has many benefits. The study found that the mucus is useful to block out harmful germs such as bacteria and viruses.
In laboratory experiments, the viruses that cause disease can not attack the cells due to trapped in the mucus which is similar to the molecular composition of the host cell.
In medical terms, is called mucin and mucus obtained a lot of pork belly. Some scientists had the idea to add to the milk mucin infant formula recall its ability to boost the immune system is. But look at the source of mucin to be produced, no doubt caused many controversies.
Mucin is actually not only be produced by the stomach flu. The human body can also produce mucin. Pigs in the study was chosen because of mucin produced resembles the human mucin and can be bred in large quantities.
Not only the pigs, cows were also used to produce mucin. But its use was rarely used because the people concerned with infectious Bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.
A study has found other sources of mucin is similar to human mucin and safer to use, the jellyfish.
Scientists from the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan found that the mucin derived from jellyfish mucin can replace that taken from pigs.
In a published report of the American Chemical Society Journal of Natural Products, researchers argue mucin derived from jellyfish can also be used for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
Moreover, increasing jellyfish population surged worldwide due to overfishing and climate change.
The discovery of the jellyfish mucin was pioneered by Japanese scientists, Kiminori Ushida of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, RIKEN and the findings were published in the Journal of Natural Products.
"In the short term, we hope to use as additives in foods, cosmetics and antibiotics. New mucin could replace gastric mucin from other animal that has been widely used," said Dr. Ushida as reported by the Telegraph, Monday (5/14/2012) .
Dr. Ushida and his team at Eco-Soft Materials Research Unit managed to extract mucus from five species of jellyfish which was rich in mucin protein.
But he warned that it still must conduct tests to ascertain whether the jellyfish mucin can trigger allergic reactions in humans or not.
Dr. Ushida also found that the protein from jellyfish is effective in treating joint pains. Another study from Saarland University, Germany and even found that mucin from jellyfish Nomura in Japan can be used as a tumor marker, the marker of the presence of tumor cells in the body.
In laboratory experiments, the viruses that cause disease can not attack the cells due to trapped in the mucus which is similar to the molecular composition of the host cell.
In medical terms, is called mucin and mucus obtained a lot of pork belly. Some scientists had the idea to add to the milk mucin infant formula recall its ability to boost the immune system is. But look at the source of mucin to be produced, no doubt caused many controversies.
Mucin is actually not only be produced by the stomach flu. The human body can also produce mucin. Pigs in the study was chosen because of mucin produced resembles the human mucin and can be bred in large quantities.
Not only the pigs, cows were also used to produce mucin. But its use was rarely used because the people concerned with infectious Bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.
A study has found other sources of mucin is similar to human mucin and safer to use, the jellyfish.
Scientists from the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan found that the mucin derived from jellyfish mucin can replace that taken from pigs.
In a published report of the American Chemical Society Journal of Natural Products, researchers argue mucin derived from jellyfish can also be used for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
Moreover, increasing jellyfish population surged worldwide due to overfishing and climate change.
The discovery of the jellyfish mucin was pioneered by Japanese scientists, Kiminori Ushida of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, RIKEN and the findings were published in the Journal of Natural Products.
"In the short term, we hope to use as additives in foods, cosmetics and antibiotics. New mucin could replace gastric mucin from other animal that has been widely used," said Dr. Ushida as reported by the Telegraph, Monday (5/14/2012) .
Dr. Ushida and his team at Eco-Soft Materials Research Unit managed to extract mucus from five species of jellyfish which was rich in mucin protein.
But he warned that it still must conduct tests to ascertain whether the jellyfish mucin can trigger allergic reactions in humans or not.
Dr. Ushida also found that the protein from jellyfish is effective in treating joint pains. Another study from Saarland University, Germany and even found that mucin from jellyfish Nomura in Japan can be used as a tumor marker, the marker of the presence of tumor cells in the body.
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