Transfer factor?

[miracaolle]

Hi,

Well, I hear about Transfer factor and a friend told me that since he has tried it he feels better...
Does anybody knows about it ?
Does it works?
Is it sure? (I asked my doctor and he suggested me not to try it at least I were completely sure from where it is extracted, because I could get another infection such  hepatitis or something like that. But besides that he told me it's not dangerous).
At the end I decided to try it, but I would like to know experiences from people who has tried it.
Thanks

[sharkdiver]

are you talking about the transfer factor in colostrum derived from cows? 

[miracaolle]

No. The Transfer factor I'am talking about are leukocytes extracted from healthy people that we can drink and that helps the immune system to be stronger.

[sharkdiver]

I seriously doubt you are going to get a human source of that in a drinkable liquid. It is derived from colostrum which all mammals produce initially for their babies (you know ..from the breasts). There is a company called 4Life that makes a drinkable form derived from animal.  This probably should be posted in nutrition as it is considered a supplement. The research on this is a bit shaky.  It is also a very expensive supplement as well.

What is the name of the product your friend is taking?

[miracaolle]

Well, this kind of transfer factor is produced in Mexico and the information is in spanish. Looking for infomation I read about the one you said but this is another one and is produced at IPN (a mexican university).

The name of the product is TRANSFERON. What I undertand about this is that it makes the immune system works better and then it is used to try some illnesses (to tell the true I have doubts about its effectiveness).