Should I Take Banlec If I Have Hiv

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WORRIED PATIENT: BANLEC AND HIV

HI, HAPPY NEW YEAR DOCTOR,PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE WHICH STATES THE EFFECT OF A BANANA LECTIN TO PREVENT HIV TRANSMISSION BY BLOCKING GP120. http://www.jbc.org/content/285/12/8646.full.pdf+htmlCAN THE SAME MOLECULE INCREASE CD4 COUNT IN HIV POSITIVE...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thanks for the article.The study reported that in the test tube, this product of the banana can block HIV attaching to the t cell. They want to use it as a microbicide, which means it would be applied in a gel to the vaginal lining (or possible the... Read more »

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hola doctor! he leido que el platano contiene banlec ( creo k es una proteina)capaz de paralizar al... Read more »

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Bananas Over BanLec

A study just published in the Journal of Biochemistry has generated a great deal of press coverage because it reports that a compound derived from bananas can inhibit HIV in a lab dish. The substance, a banana lectin known as BanLec, was first... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

How Bananas Could Help Prevent the Spread of HIV

A natural chemical in bananas could inhibit HIV infection and play a role in future drug applications, investigators report in a new preliminary study. Researchers knew that a banana-derived lectin, or protein, called BanLec, binds to certain... Read more »

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