Transfer Factors And The Immune Response in Humans and Animals

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Transfer Factors Molecules And The Immune System
Transfer factors are tiny molecules found in colostrum which provide "immune knowledge" from a mother's immune system to her baby used in recognizing and fighting outside threats. By transferring information from cell to cell, transfer factors serve as "teachers" to the new cells, ensuring a strong immune system capable of surviving, even thriving, in its new environment. There are over 3,000 published papers and 50 years of research on transfer factors. These molecules were first discovered in the late 40's by Dr. H. Sherwood Lawrence. "Transfer factors are not only useful for disease prevention but can also help with diseases already established due to inadequate immune response. Since transfer factors-producing T lymphocytes are important in immune recognition and memory, impairment of transfer factors production could neutralize the rest of the immune response in otherwise healthy individuals. Therefore, introducing transfer factors can sometimes enable a dysfunctional immune system to return to normal." Greg B. Wilson, Ph.D. and James B. Daily, Jr., Ph.D
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William Hennen, Ph, D. - “Every day we are faced with threats from our microscopic environment. What you can't see can hurt you! The uniqueness of transfer factors is that it not only supports, but also educates our immune system in a way that no other supplement can"

Introduction to Fransfer Factors and The Immune System
Treating Chronically Ill Patients with Transfer Factors Carol Ann Ryser, M.D.
The Germ Survival Guide Recommends Transfer Factors Supplementation
Education and Instinct - An Explanation of Transfer Factors By William J. Hennen, Ph.D.
Books about Transfer Factors online reading
Letter from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation re the Transfer Factors Study
The American Medical Review: Transfer Factors
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William J. Hennen, Ph.D. - "It is increasingly clear that as the world becomes a smaller place, with viruses and other pathogens traveling with great ease, we now face a unique situation. Simply put, we are now, and will continue to be more exposed to challenges to our health. However, nature has already provided the immune system as our defense to microbes found in our environment. The degree to which we are able to educate our immune systems to recognize invaders will help determine our ability to cope with health challenges. I urge all people to pay attention to those things that affect their immune systems."
Michael Traub, N.D.- "The period once euphemistically called the Age of the Miracle Drug is now dead. And the indiscriminate use of antibiotics is leading us to one of the most frightening eras in recent memory. That is, the return of infectious diseases for which there is no effective treatment. Two decades following the introduction of antibiotics, the medical community began to see a disturbing trend. Bacterial infections that were once treatable no longer responded to antibiotics. Penicillin is effective today against only 10 percent of the strains of Staphylococcus aureus that it used to eradicate easily. Those that did respond often required five to ten times the dose of the drug that previously was effective. One example of this is the resistant strains of gonorrhea that developed as a result of the antibiotics that were used to treat it."
Transfer factors are tiny molecules found in colostrum which provide "immune knowledge" from a mother's immune system to her baby used in recognizing and fighting outside threats. By transferring information from cell to cell, transfer factors serve as "teachers" to the new cells, ensuring a strong immune system capable of surviving, even thriving, in its new environment.* Transfer factors are not species-specific and can therefore be extracted from any mammal and then be given to another mammal with the same efficacy.
There are over 3,000 published papers and 50 years of research on transfer factors. There has also been a lab study and a human study done with these products. In addition, the International Transfer Factors Society sponsors an International Symposium every three years on the findings of transfer factor research. The Eleventh International Transfer Factors Congress was held in Monterey, Mexico in March of 1999.
We all know the importance of an optimal immune system, not only after surgical procedures or fighting disease and serious illness, but also in your patient's or pet's everyday wellness. Recent in vitro and in vivo studies on transfer factors documented an increase in Natural Killer cell activity by 248% and 269% respectively, over baseline immune response. The NK cell is the animal's first line of defense against many pathogens... bacteria, viruses, parasites, and of course malignant tumor cells.

Rob Robertson, MD - "Transfer factors are tiny protein molecules that are produced by immune cells called T-cells. It allow the immune system to remember conditions for which immunity has already been established. When a person has been infected, for example, with chicken pox in childhood, their body develops a memory of that illness, and prevents the person from becoming re-infected with it later in life. In the future, the specific immune transfer factors molecule for chicken pox will endow the immune system with the exact ‘blueprint’ of what chicken pox looks like, and the body will be able to quickly recognize and respond to any possible re-infection. Many of these transfer factors - or "immune memory molecules," were introduced to us from our mother’s milk or colostrum, which is the richest source of concentrated transfer factors known to scientists. Transfer factors in colostrum have the sole purpose of transferring immunity from the mother to the baby’s immature immune system. All mammals produce transfer factors, but scientists prefer to work with chicken and normal bovine colostrum. A healthy cow already produces millions of different transfer factors, but when the cow comes into contact with a pathogen such as a virus, it produces new transfer factors for that specific virus or pathogen. For individuals challenged by specific pathogens – such as those suffering with chronic illnesses like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, supplementation with the appropriate transfer factors molecules may provide the ‘missing link,’ thereby allowing the immune system to target and destroy the offending pathogen, and mitigate the symptoms of the disease." Dr. Robertson is a former Emergency Room Physician. He received his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1974. He served as the Director of Emergency Services at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY.
In 1949, Dr. H. Sherwood Lawrence made a revolutionary discovery while studying tuberculosis. He determined that an immune response could be transferred from a donor to a recipient by injecting an extract of white blood cells (leukocytes) from a previously infected, now healthy, subject into a newly infected patient. He found that this extract contained a factor capable of transferring immunity. He named the substance "transfer factors."
Dr. Lawrence's discovery came in the midst of the discovery and use of antibiotics. Transfer factors have been used throughout the antibiotic age in different regions of the world such as China, Poland, Italy and others, but never have been available commercially due to the lack of technology.
In the fifty years since Lawrence's pioneering work, an estimated $40,000,000 has been spent on research resulting in over 3,000 published scientific papers documenting the benefits of transfer factors. The world's leading scientists and physicians have established the safety and remarkable immune system benefits of transfer factors. The processing methods that allow for large-scale extraction of transfer factors have only recently been perfected and a commercial product has only been available within the last few years.
Greg B. Wilson, Ph.D. and James B. Daily, Jr., Ph.D. - "Transfer factors are small molecular messengers produced by immune T lymphocytes. The message they provide is a specific description of an invading pathogen. Using transfer factors, immune T lymphocytes can transfer the ability to recognize and invading pathogen to previously naïve lymphocytes. In other words, one T lymphocyte tells another what the enemy looks like so that a coordinated attack can be mounted." Learn more: Transfer Factors & Immunity
Duane Townsend, MD - "I’m a cancer physician. I primarily treat female cancer, and certainly encourage my patients who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy to take transfer factors. It helps to modulate the immune system. I have patients with chronic herpes infections who are taking transfer factors on a regular basis, and it’s reducing the number of outbreaks. I’ve also had patients with chronic yeast infections, and the transfer factors have reduced their infections as well. Transfer factors are science-based with excellent data from a variety of researchers." Dr. Townsend has had more than 32 years of distinguished experience in the medical field. He pioneered a surgical technique for the treatment of pre-malignant disease of the uterine cervix. In addition, he has authored more than 90 scientific papers in peer review journals as well as over 15 chapters in research books.
Kenneth Bock, MD - "Because transfer factors can function as immune system modulators, they can help to restore immune system balance in many types of clinical situations."Kenneth Bock, MD, best selling author on immune system modulation.
The American Medical Review: Transfer Factors
Richard Bennett, PhD - "The immunity provided by transfer factors is long lived and can help all ages who are suffering from a variety of ailments or those who want to stay well. The unfolding events surrounding Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, (SARS) is yet another painful reminder that we live in a crowded world where continents are only a plane ride away. The SARS epidemic is only one of an ongoing series of new emerging diseases. Our best global and personal strategy is to do all in our power to ensure and support our unique abilities of disease resistance and immunity” Dr. Bennett is an Infectious Disease Microbiologist ? Immunologist, who is enjoying retirement from a 21-year career with the University of California where he specialized in food and water quality and safety. He received his Doctorate in Comparative Pathology from the University of California, Davis. He has an extensive background in milk quality and disease control, water resource policy, food safety, public policy of natural resources, etc. He has also served as an advisor for the FDA and USDA.
Rob Robertson, MD - "I believe transfer factors are, without a doubt, the greatest discovery of the century in supporting and modulating the immune system. I believe a strengthened immune system will be the primary way to stay well in the future. This nutrient can affect the immune system like nothing else can. I sincerely believe everyone needs to consume this product. There is no other product in a nutritional substance, nor a drug, that has this kind of power and ability to affect our immune system. With the increase of killer viruses, mutated germs, super-resistant germs, and food contaminations, our only hope and defense, must lie within our own immune system." Dr. Robertson is a former Emergency Room . He received his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1974. He served as the Director of Emergency Services at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY..

Transfer Factors' Influence on Our Health
Although the primary role of transfer factors is to regulate many functions of your body, transfer factors influence many other aspects of your health and aging process. Studies have suggested, that transfer factors affect oxidation at the cellular level. Much more so than what consuming antioxidants can accomplish. Transfer factors are not antioxidants, but, they regulate the available levels of the body's natural antioxidants; glutathione, catatase and ascorbate acid.
Patients consuming transfer factors experienced a 19% reduction in protein oxidation and greater than a 44% decrease in lipid oxidative damage. Collectively, these individual effects resulted in an 18% increase in cell stability and integrity. This is a major discovery! You cannot achieve these results by consuming any amount of any antioxidant. Transfer factors achieve these results through regulation by communicating with antioxidant producing properties within cells. This can have a major impact on your health and premature aging.
Another major discovery was up to a 150% increase in enzymatic detoxification. Every cell in your body must detoxify every day for good health. This is another major benefit to good health and less premature aging. Transfer factors influence many different immune system cells and molecules that have dual roles in our health and aging process. For example macrophages are important in the distruction and recognition process of germs that enter your body. Also macrophages secrete a chemical that create fibroblast that are important in the birth of new cells.
Another area of importance is inflammation. Hyper inflammation influences our health and aging process. Other nutrients are promoted for inhibiting the COX-2 enzyme that causes inflammation. There are many body chemicals, cells and molecules that create inflammation through different pathways in your body. Transfer factors appear to influence and regulate many of these pathways. The following are a list of various factors that are involved in creating inflammation:

TNF-a tumor necrosis factor-alpha
IL-6 interleukin-6
IL-1(b) interleukin-1 beta
IL-8 interleukin-6
Lipoxygenase
THi cells

Interleukin 17 (IL-17)
Glycotoxins
Prostaglandin E2
Leukotriene B4
Nuclear factor-kappa beta (NF-kB)

Bird Flu: Cell mediated immunity to meet the avian influenza A (H5N1) challenge "Avian influenza A subtype H5N1 virus with its recombination potential with the human influenza viruses presents a threat of producing a pandemic. The consensus is that the occurrence of such a pandemic is only a matter of time. This is of great concern, since no effective vaccine is available or can be made before the occurrence of the event. We present arguments for the use of cell mediated immunity for the prevention of the infection as well as for the treatment of infected patients. Transfer factors (TF), an immunomodulator of low molecular weight capable of transferring antigen-specific cell mediated immune information to T-lymphocytes, has been used successfully over the past quarter of a century for treating viral, parasitic, and fungal infections, as well as immunodeficiencies, neoplasias, allergies and autoimmune diseases. Moreover, several observations suggest that it can be utilised for prevention, transferring immunity prior to infection. Because it is derived from lymphocytes of immune donors, it has the potential to answer the challenge of unknown or ill-defined pathogens. Indeed, it is possible to obtain an antigen-specific TF preparation to a new pathogen before its identification. Thus, a specific TF to a new influenza virus can be made swiftly and used for prevention as well as for the treatment of infected patients." Immunotherapy Module, Department of Urology and Nephrology, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via P. Palagi 9, Bologna 40138, Italy. gpizza@aosp.bo.it

Effect of long-term therapy with transfer factor in rheumatoid arthritis. Specific immunotherapy with transfer factor (TF) was used in a chronic experiment in a group of 50 female patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) stage I-III. The patients were followed up for 24 months, clinical and biologic examinations being repeated every 3 months. In this period the patients received beside the basic nonsteroid antiinflammatory therapy, one unit TF every week over a period of 6 months then one until TF every month (10 patients) to the end of experiment. Of the 50 patients 15 (30%) did not respond to the therapy and the experiments had to be interrupted after 6 months. Excellent, very good and good results were obtained in 35 patients (70%). In 12 patients the response was good but the dose of TF had to be increased to two units/week in the first 6 months. In 13 patients the results obtained were very good and therapy with nonsteroid products + TF was continued even after the first 6 months. In 10 patients with RA stage I the results obtained were excellent and after 6 months the nonsteroid therapy could be interrupted and the therapy was continued only with one unit TF every month. The study confirmed the fact that specific immunotherapy with TF represents an important adjuvant in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
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THE NATURE OF TRANSFER FACTORS AND ITS CLINICAL EFFICACY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CUTANEOUS DISORDERS
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Methodological Letter from the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation
The Russian scientists who conducted this study found the results to be exceptional and requested further information so their results could be published in professional journals. One scientist stated: “Transfer factors activated NK cell activity more than the Interleukin-2 (IL2) drug used as the standard. Here, we now refer to your sample as the Golden Interleukin,” said Dr. Kisielevsky, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. These outstanding test results are certain to be reflected in human health through an increase in immune effectiveness, leading to improved overall health. People around the world can be confident in the ability of transfer factors to more effectively modulate immune system function, making it more response “able” and to provide broad-spectrum support that is unmatched in any other health supplement today. more

In 2002 and 2008, transfer factors therapy was featured in the publicly televised American Medical Review (AMR). Since 2001, transfer factors products have appeared in every publication of the Non-Prescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements Physician's Desk Reference (PDR).

Books about Transfer Factors online reading Transfer Factor – Natural Immune Booster By William J. Hennen Ph.D.
Physicians Desk Reference - Transfer factors are listed in the Physicians Desk Reference for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements (PDR). The PDR has been in use for over 57 years and is recognized as an unbiased reference source for physicians to research and recommend drugs and supplements. The Nutritional Supplements Edition of the PDR lists Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter medicines and also includes a section on dietary supplements, vitamins and herbal remedies.
Immune system disorders fall into two broad categories:

Immunodeficiency - when the immune system does not recognize invaders as being undesirable and therefore does not mobilize to destroy them.

Autoimmunity (self-destruction) - when the immune system fails to recognize 'self' as friendly and mounts an attack on itself." Explaining Autoimmune Disease by David Isenberg, PhD and John Morrow, PhD

Duane Townsend, MD - "Transfer factors helps to modulatethe immune system." (autoimmunity - over-active immune system)
Baruch Rosen MD - "Transfer factors , a preparation which enhances and stimulates the body's own immune system to fight against all pathogens, viral or otherwise." (Immunodeficiency - underactive immune system)
Example of immunodeficiency (underactive)include a group of diverse conditions caused by one or more immune system defects and characterized clinically by increased susceptibility to infections with consequent severe, acute, recurrent, or chronic disease: pneumonia, thrush, diarrhea, AIDS/HIV, infections, cancer, SARS, chronic granulomatous disease, etc. more
Examples of autoimmune disorders (overactive) include: Hashimoto's thyroiditis, pernicious anemia, Addison's disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, Sjogren's syndrome, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, Reiter's syndrome, Graves disease, Psoriasis, Eczema, Cushing's, fibromyalgia, Scleroderma, etc. more
Structural nature and functions of transfer factors
Transfer factors are molecules that "educate" recipients to express cell-mediated immunity. This effect is antigen-specific. The most consistent effects of transfer factors on the immune system are expression of delayed-type hypersensitivity and production of lymphokines such as macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), which is probably identical to gamma-interferon in response to exposure to antigen. Transfer factors bind to antigens in an immunologically specific manner. This discovery has enabled us to isolate individual transfer factors from mixtures that contain several transfer factors. This reactivity probably explains the specificity of individual transfer factors, and it has provided a method for purification of individual transfer factors to apparent homogeneity. The purified materials are immunologically active and antigen-specific. They have molecular weights of approximately 5,000 Da and appear to be composed entirely of amino acids. Transfer factors appear to offer a novel means of molecular immunotherapy for certain patients with defective cell-mediated immunity.   Conrad D. Stephenson Laboratory for Research in Immunology, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado
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David M. Markowitz, M.D. - "Did you know that close to $10 billion was spent on antibiotics in the U.S. last year? Did you know that many bacteria have become increasingly resistant to these drugs and that many drugs are outdated as soon as they are released for use? Have you seen the many articles in Time and Newsweek (and many medical journals) about the variety of plagues caused by infectious agents throughout the world? What can we do to protect ourselves in a safe and natural way against this ever-increasing threat? Have you had a child or patient who has required multiple drugs to deal with one or several ear infections? This is how this threat touches our daily lives. We now have new HOPE . . . literally, hope in a capsule of transfer factors!"
The Germ Survival Guide recommends transfer factors supplementation
Transfer factors have been highly praised in The Germ Survival Guide, a new book written by Kenneth A. Bock, M.D., Steven J. Bock, M.D., and Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH. and published by McGraw Hill. The book is designed to give families and individuals preventative strategies to use to protect against germs and environmental threats. Transfer factors are extolled in the book as an effective way to optimize immune system function so that personal immunity is at its best in the face of a variety of health threats.
First Ever Dietary Supplement to be Approved for Use by Doctors and Hospitals in Russia
Transfer factors products as immune modulators have been approved for use in hospitals and clinics in the Russian Federation. The results of ten separate clinical trials and two experimental studies on Transfer Factor products were combined in a Methodological Document that was approved by the Ministry of Health, which now allows doctors to recommend transfer factors products to their patients.
Specific transfer factor (TF) is known to be efficacious in treating or preventing viral infections.

Books about Transfer Factors - online reading
Transfer Factors Natural Immune Booster By William J. Hennen Ph.D.
Transfer Factors Nature’s State-of-the-Art Immune Fortifiers By Rita Elkins, M.H.

The American Medical Review: Transfer Factors

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Education and Instinct - An Explanation of T-Factors
By, William J. Hennen, Ph.D.
The abilities we have to protect ourselves are both instinctive and learned. Our instinctive responses are untrained and are our first defensive responses to an outside threat. The strength of our instinctive response oftentimes determines its effectiveness in getting us out of danger. The better our hearing, vision, and agility, the better we are able to recognize and dodge threats that may suddenly appear in our environment. Just like our instinctive responses to physical threats, our innate immune responses are part of our instinctive response to microbial threats.
The immune system has various response capabilities. Certain of these responses are instinctive and are part of what is called the innate response. These instinctive responses exist naturally without prior training. The extent of the response, however, varies according to the conditioning of the system. A better-conditioned system produces a stronger response to a given stimulus. If this innate, instinctive, and first-line immune defense is adequate no additional response is necessary.
Within the immune system certain fungal factors and other glyconutrients condition the system and increase its innate responsiveness. Cordyvant is a balanced, proprietary blend of glyconutrients designed to enhance the innate immune response and strengthen of our first-line defensive response.
If our innate ability to physically defend ourselves is inadequate, then we must learn additional skills such as boxing, Judo or Karate. Similarly, our innate immune ability may be inadequate against the microbial mob. In these cases our immune system has the ability to learn new skills. A strong immune system has the ability to invent new techniques to deal with each new challenge. This is called the adaptive or learned response of the immune system.
If one looks at the education of immune cells, it is as if they go through a grammar school, prep school, college and graduate level training. The thymus is grammar school and pre-school for the T-cells. T-cells include T-helper cells, T-suppressor cells and Cytotoxic T-cells. T-helper cells assist the rest of the immune system cells in performing their important functions. T-suppressor cells help control the immune response and keep the immune system from overreacting. Cytotoxic T-cells are a form of white blood cells sometimes called Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes (CTL). CTLs are like a police force that generally deals with threats to the community.
The primary and secondary immune training functions of the thymus gland are weak in infants and increase in strength up until the time of puberty. After puberty the thymus gland begins to shrink and continues to diminish in size and effectiveness throughout the rest of our lives. The deterioration of the thymus within the immune system is like the weakening of the public school system. Without a strong primary and secondary school system, many children have neither the math nor the language skills to adequately understand the instructions given to them. Many things can reduce the immune system’s training and learning capability. These include immaturity, aging and stress from a variety of sources such as poor nutrition, emotional strain, infectious assault or injury.
After leaving the thymus school the T-cells develop additional skills through on-the-job training as they work against various infectious agents. If the job is too complex, too unfamiliar, or too critical, the T-cells may not be able to develop skills fast enough by themselves. When this happens, additional outside training and instructions are needed. This information comes from outside experts who donate their wisdom and experience to the T-cells. Transfer factors provides university level training to the T-cells. Transfer factors teaches courses in immune system induction for the T-helper cells. Transfer factors also instructs T-suppressor cells in control and containment of the immune system energies so that good cells are not damaged. Cytotoxic T-cells are provided sets of microbial "Wanted" posters and weapons training so as to better recognize and neutralize threats to the domestic tranquility.
Each function of the immune system is important in our overall health. A full supplement ‘training program’ strengthens all aspects of the immune system and provides the best protection for the cellular citizens of our body.
It is increasingly clear that as the world becomes a smaller place with viruses and other pathogens traveling with great ease, we face now a unique challenge. Simply put, we are now, and will be, more exposed to challenges to our health. However, nature has already provided the immune system as the
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Ron Knisely (integrated medical research analyst) explores the science behind the transfer factors technology every Monday at 9:15 PM (EST) 218-486-1300 code # 914079 - Dr. Olson offers a transfer factors health education call every Thursday at 8 PM (EST): 877-678-5433 access code: 810483# (much time is dedicated to questions and answers. No charge for either call).
The American Medical Review: Transfer Factors

Treating Chronically Ill Patients with Transfer Factor
An Interview with Dr. Carol Ann Ryser, M.D. - (excerpt)
Since 1998, Dr. Carol Ann Ryser has been using transfer factors to treat her chronically ill patients, and has experienced considerable success in diminishing symptoms and achieving overall health improvements among those patients. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Ryser discusses her experience with transfer factors as an effective treatment for chronic illness.
Dr. Ryser: "The diagnosis of a patient is of utmost importance. I perform a series of genetic testing with PCR (Polymer Chain Reaction) that tells me the specific bacteria or virus(es) a patient has. Transfer Factor helps with viral, bacterial, and fungal infections as well as parasites, and supports the immune system while treating the problems a patient has. Regarding what formulas of transfer factors I use for different patients, I use the plain transfer factors as a general prevention treatment, especially for infections and allergies and for patients with Epstein-Barr, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome."
Q: How much transfer factors do you typically recommend, and for what kind of patient?
Dr. Ryser: "For chronically ill patients, including those with chronic sinusitis, and multiple allergies, I recommend six capsules a day, and depending on the severity of their symptoms, I might recommend up to twelve capsules a day. For children ages 7-12 or 13, depending on weight, I will recommend two capsules a day, to be taken at bedtime.
When a patient is beginning to get sick and is coming down with a fever, I will have them take two capsules every 2-3 hours, for 24 hours, and that usually knocks the virus "off its socks," so to speak. This dosage of Transfer Factor can nip a fever in the bud, by supporting the immune system’s natural killer cells.
I also treat fibromyalgia patients with transfer factors. I believe that fibromyalgia is most commonly caused by infections, including bacteria, yeast, and parasites. For chronically ill patients dealing with multiple infections, including CNS (Central Nervous System) infections and gastrointestinal infections, I recommend several different transfer factors formulas, to be taken together."
Q.: How long does it usually take for a patient to experience positive results once they start taking transfer factors?
Dr. Ryser: "My patients usually start to feel better within 3-6 months of beginning treatment with transfer factors. Dramatic results usually manifest in about one year, but we really begin to see positive changes in 5-6 months. It typically takes about a year of transfer factors treatment to really turn a patient around. I am specifically referring to chronically ill patients who have an average of 2-7 chronic infections that require treatment. The body’s cells regenerate every six months, and you need to give the body a chance to generate healthy cells before dramatic improvements in a patient’s overall health can emerge."
Q.: What, if any, are the side effects or possible negative reactions that can occur with transfer factors therapy?
Dr. Ryser: "The initial reactions to transfer factors a patient will experience are similar to a vaccination – but without, of course, exposure to the pathogen. The initial reaction typically includes flu-like symptoms, proportionate to the severity of a patient’s illness. These flu-like symptoms go away, but they prove that the immune system has been activated, and that it is working to suppress the body’s infections.
Regarding the safety of transfer factors, I have never had a problem with negative side effects or adverse reactions. However, I am very cautious. I perform careful evaluations of a patient’s immune system. I check for viral leukemia, and so forth. I am very careful with cancer and autoimmune patients, with whom you must be cautious with regard to stimulating immune cells – this is particularly the case with Hodgkins Disease and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma patients."
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Q.: What have you found to be the most positive benefits of Transfer Factor for your Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients – what are the best results you have seen?
Dr. Ryser: "The patient stops getting sick, and they don’t have any more infections. Their cognitive thinking clears up – no more brain fog. Their energy comes back – they can start doing more, and they can start walking and exercising again. They don’t suffer relapses. However, when a patient is doing well and they make the personal decision to stop taking transfer factors, I have seen relapses. I strongly recommend that a patient takes transfer factors for life – that is, it is a lifetime commitment for my chronically ill patients."
Dr. Carol Ann Ryser, M.D., is a Board Certified Pediatrician, Board Certified Clinical Analyst, member of F.A.A.P., the American Medical Association, OHM (Orthomolecular Health Medicine), and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The primary focus of Dr. Ryser’s medical practice is on the prevention of illness and disease. Since 1996, Dr. Ryser has been the Medical Director of Health Centers of America. Previously, she was Medical Director of the International Learning Centers, Director of Mid-American Treatment and Training, a staff member of the Gardner Medical Center, Consulting Staff Member of the Research Medical Center, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Medical Director of the Children’s Rehabilitation Unit, University of Kansas Medical Center, Consultant to the Special Education Department for Orthopedically Handicapped Children, and a Consultant to the United States Air Force in Crete. Dr. Ryser has published and presented a number of papers in her area of expertise, appearing in such publications as The American Journal for Diseases of Children, the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychology and Pediatrics. Dr. Ryser has been recognized for her contributions in the fields of medicine, science, and mental health, as both a clinician and educator, by both professional and lay organizations.
"Lyme Disease is a serious problem in the United States. Unfortunately it is difficult to diagnose after the initial stage of infection. I have observed that those patients who do well with treatment for Lyme (which can be very difficult to treat after the initial stage), do well if their immune systems are functioning optimally. Factors which promote good immune function include: proper diet, exercise, stress control, spiritual health, and immune enhancers. The best immune enhancer that I know of is transfer factors. I would start slowly and build up the dose slowly." Ken Singleton, MD
Independent Study Says Transfer Factors Boosts Immune System at "Unprecedented" Levels The independent laboratory which conducted the study, The Institute of Longevity Medicine in California, is recognized for its research and expertise in measuring the ability of ingredients to significantly boost the immune system. Natural Killer Cells are a critical part of our immune system defenses. The results of the NK cell activity tests clearly demonstrate one of the mechanisms whereby transfer factors strengthens and supports the immune system. "We believe that enhancement of Natural Killer Cell activity is only one of the many ways transfer factors benefits the immune system," William J. Hennen, Ph.D.
To learn how Transfer Factor can support the immune system in certain health challenges:
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Transfer Factors Question? or use this contact form   You can also call 206-984-3009 or 323-389-0560 Question and Answer page
Ron Knisely (integrated medical research analyst) explores the science behind the transfer factors technology every Monday at 9:15 PM (EST) 218-486-1300 code # 914079 - Dr. Olson offers a transfer factors health education call every Thursday at 8 PM (EST): 877-678-5433 access code: 810483# (much time is dedicated to questions and answers. No charge for either call).
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Transfer factors and Diabetes
"I have had diabetes for 38 of my 49 years and I've had kidney disease since1986. In August of 1999, I went for my quarterly blood test for my kidneys. The physician called me after the test was taken and said, "Not only are your kidneys functioning well, after fourteen years, their function has improved dramatically." My BUN (blood urea nitrogen) was near normal after fourteen years of it being almost twice as high as it should be because my kidneys weren't filtering well. The only supplemental change in my life was transfer factor. Only once in my life did I endorse a product. I've been on an insulin pump for seven years, and I've allowed my name, face, and testimony to be used nationally. This is the second time, and it took alot to convince me. Not only did it reverse my kidney disease, but this is the first year in sixteen years that I haven't gotten a flu shot or gotten the flu or bronchitis" Marc H. Blatstein, Former President, Philadelphia Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
“I think a product like Transfer Factor needs to be at the root of any prevention program, particularly in the compromised patients, for example, the diabetics...with an increased risk of diabetic amputation, with wounds, and all of the things that we see...We need to have products like transfer factors at the core of preventative medical programs...We need to get this to the general public. They are at risk also with this expanding epidemic of diabetes.” Dr. Neal Donohu, Director of Surgery, President of World Walk Foundation
“I have a daughter who is diabetic...Today we went to see her endocrinologist and her hemoglobin report was in the fantastic range, and I know it is because of her taking transfer factors...We are very strong believers in transfer factors.” Donna Wilkinson, TX
“My first cousin has had [diabetes] for 62 years...Her foot doctor, who is an advocate of Transfer Factor, had her call me and get transfer factors...They thought she was going to lose a foot and she mega-dosed on transfer factors for two weeks...She lost a toe, not an entire foot.” Marc Blatstein, director, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
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The scientific term "transfer factor" was added to dictionaries in 1956. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines "transfer factor" as "a substance that is produced and secreted by a lymphocyte functioning in cell-mediated immunity and that upon incorporation into a lymphocyte which has not been sensitized confers on it the same immunological specificity as the sensitized cell". What this all means, is that when immune system cells have battled with specific disease invaders, they produce a substance that transfers a message of warning on to other immune cells. The newly alerted immune cells "remember" the warning message, producing the same substance, alerting other immune cells. Once alerted, the immune cells always "remember" who the specific enemy is, and how to attack it. Because scientists were unable to actually identify this unknown immune stimulating substance, they coined the simple term "transfer factor" to describe it. Every mother (human or mammal) that breast feeds her baby, passes all of the immunity gained throughout her lifetime on to her infant. Transfer factors are not species-specific and can therefore be extracted from any mammal and then be given to another mammal with the same efficacy.
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Transfer factors and the Cardiovascular system
Scientific American: "Heart Disease Begins With a Dysfunctional Immune System"
The science of transfer factors is rapidly expanding. Technology is increasing quickly. Recently, scientists have found that heart disease begins with a dysfunctional immune system. Germs hide in the arterial lining causing an immune system reaction. The immune system secretes chemicals to trap the germs and this leads to inflammation. Cholesterol builds up in the inflammation and creates a blockage that leads to a heart attack.
Transfer Factors: A Revolutionary Approach
Scientists have developed the patented technology of targeting transfer factors to a specific condition. The specific cardiovascular formula contains targeted transfer factors that can direct the immune system to the very source of the problem. Suppressors in the targeted transfer factors suppress the overreacting cells that cause inflammation. In other words this product goes directly to the source of the dysfunctional immune system. More than one million people die each year from heart disease. Doctors have found that millions of people that were believed to be healthy are in the beginning stages of heart disease, even children as young as 16 years old.
This transfer factors product provides comprehensive support for the cardiovascular system. In addition to promoting specific system support with the power of transfer factors, it contains additional ingredients such as magnesium, arginate, red rice yeast extract, B vitamins and antioxidants to help support healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels—all necessary for healthy cardiac function.
C.K. Benny Foo, M.D. - "My mum is 89 years young and suffers from ischaemic heart disease and congestive cardiac failure. Her main complaints were severe shortness of breath on mild exertion, and coughing. She had to be wheeled around whenever we took her for an outing. I took two bottles of transfer factors C home to Australia from the 2002 International Convention and started my mum on 2 capsules twice a day. After only three weeks she noticed some improvement in her breathing. After only 5 weeks she said the new capsules we brought back were #1, indicating with her right thumb up. Now she is able to walk further with much less shortness of breath. In mid-October we took her to Werribbee Zoo and brought the wheel chair along for her to use. After a short journey in the wheel chair she decided to walk by herself. We tried to dissuade her and told her that the walk would be too much for her heart. She insisted, and so we relented and let her push the wheelchair around the zoo. She completed the walk around the zoo with no shortness of breath! She has derived other benefits from taking transfer factors C, both her appetite and weight have increased! "
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Transfer Factors The Immune System, Cancer, Chemotherapy           Cancer Recovery with Transfer Factors - Testimonials
According t o Dr. George C Pack, MD, a cancer specialist at Cornell medical School, almost everyone has cancer cells present at times in our bodies. If our immune system is working properly, these cells are killed or reabsorbed by our defense system before they begin to grow and threaten our health. The only real defense against cancer is the immune system.
The Cancer Research Institute was founded in 1953 to foster the science of cancer immunology, which is based on the premise that the body's immune system can be mobilized against cancer. This field, which CRI helped pioneer and develop, has been recognized throughout the world as offering great hope for the ultimate prevention and treatment of human cancer. The immune response is the body's way of defending itself against foreign substances that invade it to cause infection or disease. The immune system's job is a complicated process that involves the coordinated efforts of several types of white blood cells. The pictorial below depicts the process by showing how the immune system destroys viruses.
Rob Robertson, M.D. conducted the following studies. Twenty patients, 12 men and 8 women, were selected for this in vivo study. The average age was 49.3. The twenty individuals were each level 3 or level 4 cancer patients. Each patient was basically sent home by his or her oncologist to die. The average life expectancy was 3.7 months. The protocol was to place each patient on 9 capsules per day of transfer factors . The patients were given a number of other general nutrients*. After eight months, 16 of these individuals were still living and were either in remission, improving or stabilized. Transfer Factor Study with 20 Cancer Patients
The baseline for natural killer cell function was 6.4. Within 4 weeks the average NK Cell function was increased to 25.7 and in 6 months it increased to 27.6. This represented a 400% increase in NK Cell function. This is an ongoing study. This study has been submitted to a peer reviewed publication.
Ann Lane was diagnosed with Hodgkin's cancer. The tumor mass filled her rib cage. Her immune system dropped into the 2,000 range. She began her chemotherapy regimen along with a nutritional protocol (containing transfer factors) along with the traditional therapies administered by her physician. Ann's blood work revealed that 30 days after beginning her nutritional protocol (including transfer factors), her immune system went up to and maintained a level ranging between 4,200 and 7,200.
Transfer factors versus combination chemotherapy: a preliminary report of a randomized postsurgical adjuvant treatment study in osteogenic sarcoma Transfer factor versus combination chemotherapy: a preliminary report of a randomized postsurgical adjuvant treatment study in osteogenic sarcoma twenty-six patients with classic osteosarcoma were randomized to receive either transfer factor or combination chemotherapy. Eight of 14 patients who received transfer factor converted their skin test markers, evidence of activity of the transfer factor. Of these eight patients, all are alive; four are free of disease. Of the 18 patients who received combination chemotherapy, 14 are alive, 12 of whom are free of disease. The immunologic test procedures performed sequentially reveal that transfer factor appears to enhance cell-mediated immunity.... more
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Duane Townsend, MD - "I’m a cancer physician. I primarily treat female cancer, and certainly encourage my patients who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy to take transfer factors. It helps to modulate the immune system. I have patients with chronic herpes infections who are taking transfer factors on a regular basis, and it’s reducing the number of outbreaks. I’ve also had patients with chronic yeast infections, and the transfer factors have reduced their infections as well. Transfer factors are science-based with excellent data from a variety of researchers." Dr. Townsend has had more than 32 years of distinguished experience in the medical field. He pioneered a surgical technique for the treatment of pre-malignant disease of the uterine cervix. In addition, he has authored more than 90 scientific papers in peer review journals as well as over 15 chapters in research books.
"I find that transfer factors works really well when applied directly on a tumor. I mix the content of a capsule with a little bit of PURE water to make a thin paste. I gently apply that paste directly on the tumor once or twice a day, in conjunction with taking one capsule by mouth AM and PM, on an empty stomach,if possible. It can also be gently rubbed under the armpit to be absorbed by the skin. For those who cannot swallow the capsules, the content can be mixed with a SMALL AMOUNT of juice or water or simply rubb it under the armpit." Pat Hartman
"My name is Dena Guidice, and I want to share with you how transfer factors has saved my life." read Dena's testimonial and others
First evidence of immune cell's activation potential in infection, tumor control   Natural killer cells burst forth from the the tonsils, lymph nodes and spleen, and destroy infected and cancerous cells while the immune system's T and B cells are still mobilizing," says M?nz. "Without natural killer cells, threatening conditions can get a strong foothold before the adaptive immune response kicks in."
Leading oncologists treating human leukemias and lymphomas already track natural killer cell activities after bone marrow and stem cell transplants. James Young, M.D., a researcher at Rockefeller's neighboring Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Allogenic Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Service, is one of them. "The emerging data on the activation of natural killer cells, their distinct functions in the body and their cellular targets, are helping to move the study of natural killer cells in transplantation and cancer from conjecture to sound hypotheses," he says.
The findings by M?nz and his colleagues not only explain why a natural killer burst is important - the burst likely results from mobilization of natural killer cells from lymphoid tissues, and these activated immune cells are discriminating enough to recognize, through a full repertoire of surface receptors, virus-infected and tumor cells - it also affirms a potential strategic change in bone marrow or stem cell donor matching.
Transfer factor in Hodgkin's disease
In a controlled studiy, six patients with stage-IV Hodgkin's disease were given transfer factor (T.F.) prepared from patients with Hodgkin's disease in long remission. There was an apparent increase in cell-mediated immune responses as evidenced by a significant increase in the recipients' lymphocyte responses to phytohaemagglutinin stimulation.
Improvement in delayed hypersensitivity in Hodgkin's disease with transfer factor: lymphapheresis and cellular immune reactions or normal donors.
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Note from Shirley - What is a Healing Crisis? As with all true natural cure, the road to better health may begin with a healing crisis. As you move toward better health with natural healing programs and better nutrition, healing begins to occur. As part of the healing process the body will begin to discard toxic residues which have built up in your body over the years. The healing process usually does not occur without repercussions. During the initial phase of healing, as your body begins to clean house, (detoxify) and your vital energy begins to repair and rebuild internal organs, you may experience headache, uneasiness, flu like symptoms and fatigue. This is called a healing crisis. You may feel worse before you feel better. As you continue to improve, you may begin a process called retracing. For example, if you used to get skin rashes, the rashes may reappear or get worse for a period of time as your body eliminates toxins through the skin. You may also experience an initial increase in urination, or you may feel more nervous. In actuality, you are not getting worse, you are actually getting better. Eventually you will reach a plateau of better health. During the healing crisis, it is important to not suppress these temporary symptoms with drugs or the healing process may become interrupted.Lean more about healing crisis

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The Germ Survival Guide recommends Transfer Factors. This new book written by Kenneth A. Bock, M.D., Steven J. Bock, M.D. is designed to give families and individuals preventative strategies to use to protect against germs and environmental threats. Transfer factors are extolled in the book as an effective way to optimize immune system function so that personal immunity is at its best in the face of a variety of health threats.

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