1. HGH REVIVES AND REJUVENTATES THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM
2. HGH REGROWS ESSENTIAL THYMUS GLAND FOR KILLER
T CELLS
3. HGH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES ALL ASPECTS OF IMMUNE
SYSTEM
4. HGH RESTORES ESSTENTIAL BONE MARROW STEM CELLS
HGH REVIVES AND REJUVENTATES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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A healthy immune system is very important in protection against
cancer, autoimmune diseases, and infectious diseases. In fact
as age increases the immune system becomes increasingly weak and
unable to protect against cancer and other diseases. As the rate
of cancer rises with age at the same time the amount of growth
hormone (GH) decreases. There is an abundance of data that shows
from animal and human studies that GH revives and rejuvenates
the immune system.
HGH REGROWS ESSENTIAL THYMUS GLAND FOR KILLER T CELLS
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The main organ of the immune system is the thymus gland which
is located behind the top of the breastbone. Around age 12 this
gland begins to shrink until by age 40 it is around half its former
self and by age 60 it is difficult to find. Through the Thymus
gland there is the maturation of the T-cell lymphocytes which
are the foot soldiers in the battles against disease. As the thymus
shrinks there is a rise in diseases associated with aging including
cancer. In fact AIDS involves the loss of T cells which brings
the breakdown of defense against all kinds of other diseases which
means that in a sense AIDS is an accelerated process of aging.`
Also, the shrinking of the Thymus is one of the main bio markers
of aging. In 1985 Dr. Kelly, a research immunologist at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign injected old rats whose thymus
had almost disappeared with Growth Hormone 3 cells (GH3) which
are cells that secret high quantities of growth hormone (GH).
The thymus gland in these old rats grew back to the full size
and function of young rats. These old rats also produced more
interleukin 2 which is synthesized by T cells and goes down in
old rats. Also, Israeli scientists have used bovine growth hormone
to reverse shrinking in mice and have shown similar results with
dogs.
HGH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES ALL ASPECTS OF IMMUNE SYSTEM
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Tests show the Immune activities that the GH improves are higher
activity of natural killer (NK) cells that protect against cancer;
increased production of T-cells and interleukin 2, manufacture
of new anti-bodies, greater proliferation and activity of disease-fighting
white blood cells, increased maturation of neutrophils and white
blood cells that are very destructive to microorganisms, increased
stimulation of bacteria-engulfing macrophages, increased erythropoiesis,
and the increased production of new red blood cells.
HGH RESTORES ESSTENTIAL BONE MARROW STEM CELLS
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Even more important than the Thymus is the bone marrow of the
long bones that are the birth place of all the very important
cells including the T cells that mature in the Thymus gland. In
the bone marrow are the stem cells that give rise to T cells and
the progenitor cells that function to form and develop into red
and white blood cells of the immune system. In more recent research
Dr. Kelly found that the bone marrow of rodents and old humans
was significantly depleted of progenitor cells which give rise
to all these important cells of the immune system. When GH was
given to the old rats the progenitor cells came back. It is not
known how this happens but is believed that somehow the environment
where the stems cells sit is blocked with increasing age and that
human growth hormone has a way of overcoming this block. According
to Greg Fahy, PH.D., and prominent researcher in cellular physiology
at the Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland,
there is now the chance of maintaining an immune system at the
age of 80 which is similar to age 20 because of what has been
shown in animals and is strongly suggestive in humans. In fact,
the improvement of the immune system means that many things that
change with age are restored such as normal cell division, normal
thyroid hormone levels, normal insulin sensitivity, ability to
make DNA, normal populations of molecules in the brain that change
with age and so on.
Main source of facts taken from
a book titled, "Grow Young with HGH" (copyright 1997)
by Ronald Klatz, MD
