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...London researchers tagged the strain with a particular protein that the human body recognizes as foreign. Coincidentally, Higgins’ vaccination system works on that same protein...
Second, Higgins modifies the bacteria to produce a special protein that stimulates the macrophage to produce the desired immune response...
Higgins had been using ovalbumin as his antigen protein in his research. In their unconnected work, the Hammersmith cancer researchers also had been using ovalbumin as a marker on melanoma cells, which cause a type of skin cancer...
Another canny strategy: let them think they are eating junk. When the West Orange--Cove school district in southeast Texas started wrapping its part-vegetable-protein, part-beef "burgers" in foil marked CHEESEBURGER, sales tripled. Even some of the fast-food chains are getting in on the act. Kids who order Little Caesars from their school cafeteria are now buying a slimmed-down slice with part-skim mozzarella and fewer rounds of pepperoni. Frito-Lay this fall began delivering Baked Doritos to schools, and in January it will launch Cheetos Reduced Fat snacks, which contain 50% less fat and were...
...bird If you are choosing between breast and drumstick, go for the white meat. It has fewer calories and less fat than the dark, although both are superb sources of easily absorbed protein, B vitamins and essential minerals like zinc.Stay away from self-basting birds--on average they have nearly twice the fat and salt as the old-fashioned kind. As for the skin, if you can bear to part with it, do. That's where almost all the fat resides. A reminder: As soon as you're done, get the leftovers into the fridge. It takes just two hours...