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See: death, demise


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The study from University of Southampton, UK, has revealed that people who had respiratory, gastrointestinal or other infections or even bumps and bruises from a fall were more likely to have high blood levels of tumour necrosis factor-a, a protein involved in the inflammatory process.
We determined the effects of theaflavin, a black tea-derived polyphenol, on tumor necrosis factor-alpha-mediated expression of the interleukin-8 gene in A549 cells.
These work by blocking the TNF (tumour necrosis factor) chemical that causes inflammation, thus slowing down the progression of the disease and joint damage that causes significant pain and disability, as any arthritic patient will testify.
 
 
 
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