Sept 1 (Reuters) - Hofseth Biocare ASA HOFS.OL :
* REG-HOFSETH BIOCARE ASA: NEW STUDY HIGHLIGHTS THE
POTENTIAL OF
OMEGO® AS A PROPHYLACTIC THERAPY FOR ASTHMA AND COPD
* RESULTS OF STUDY SHOW PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC
HUMAN
PERIPHERAL BLOOD EOSINOPHILS WITH OMEGO MODULATES EOSINOPHIL
EFFECTOR FUNCTION AND INCREASES APOPTOSIS
* EOSINOPHIL INHIBITION WITH OMEGO® WAS COMPARABLE TO
APOA-IV
(ACTIVE CONTROL) AND MARKEDLY BETTER THAN PROCESSED SALMON OIL
* KRILL OIL AND STANDARD FISH OIL SHOWED NO TO LOW
EOSINOPHIL
MODULATION
* NON-OMEGA FRACTION IN OMEGO PROVIDES TARGETED ACTION OF
MODULATING EOSINOPHIL FUNCTION AND THIS FRACTION IS MOSTLY
DESTROYED IN PROCESSED SALMON OIL AND ABSENT IN KRILL OIL AND
STANDARD "18/12" FISH OIL
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