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...from gross anatomy to molecular biology. Equally important, researchers are beginning to understand how the body's systems--immune, nervous, endocrine--affect one another. Scientists have uncovered secrets about how exercise and nutrition can stave off everything from heart disease to aging. They're working on vaccines for AIDS, malaria, TB and even cancer. They're learning--most recently in the post-Sept. 11 anthrax attacks--how the judicious use of antibiotics can prevent disaster (and how abusing those medicines can cause it). In the wake of America's crash course on bioterrorism, they're pushing to revitalize the nation...
That hasn't worked so far for deadly diseases like tuberculosis, malaria or AIDS, in part because no model for natural immunity exists for any of them. Thus scientists cannot crib from nature for vaccines, as Jenner did for smallpox. But that is changing as researchers get a sense of how many instruments in the immune-system orchestra they have at their disposal, and how to get the best performance from them. With HIV, for example, the virus mutates too rapidly. No sooner has the acquired immune system learned to identify and lock in on it than HIV develops...
...similar strategy could lead to vaccines against malaria and TB. But while conquering such hitherto vaccine-resistant diseases would be dramatic, it would be positively revolutionary to extend vaccines to illnesses that have seemed beyond their reach. One such candidate is heart disease--which may involve the immune system in ways nobody ever imagined just a few years ago. The buildup of fatty cholesterol deposits on artery walls may begin, it turns out, with an inflammation perhaps caused by bacteria. This immune response alters the arteries in ways that make them prone to cholesterol damage. A vaccine that could prevent...
...that's undoubtedly only the beginning. Just a decade ago, medical science despaired of ever finding vaccines that would be able to ward off illnesses like malaria and tuberculosis, which have plagued humanity for thousands of years, and AIDS, which looked as though it might turn out to be even deadlier than these ancient killers. The notion that this venerable disease-prevention strategy would prove effective against these and others seemed farfetched...
...other phytochemicals in garlic may help protect the heart. Studies show that the sulfides can reduce cholesterol and may make the blood less sticky. Scientists are fairly confident that garlic also has antibacterial and antifungal powers. Preliminary reports even suggest that garlic may block the parasites that cause malaria. On perhaps less firm footing is the theory that allyl sulfides can stop tumor growth, a notion so far borne out only in the petri dish...