Superfood Puts the Flu in Quite a Pickle
Human clinical trials have been launched after researchers found that an immune-boosting probiotic from Suguki (a pickled turnip popular in Japan) blocked transmission of the H1N1 virus in mice that were exposed to it, according to a new study published in the SfAM journal, Letters in Applied Microbiology. The probiotic bacterium, called Lactobacillus brevis, increases … Read more