Tea Believed to Boost Body's Defenses
By PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON - An ordinary cup of tea may be a powerful infection fighter, a study suggests. Researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (news - web sites) that they have found in tea a chemical that boosts the body's defense fivefold against disease.
They said the chemical primes immune system cells to attack bacteria, viruses and fungi and could, perhaps, be turned into a disease-fighting drug someday.
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