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Technology description: For thousands of years, cured jellyfish have been a delicacy in banquet halls throughout Asia. In addition, Asians believe that jellyfish have medicinal value. Since Ancient times, Chinese healers have prescribed jellyfish to cure gout, arthritis, and bronchitis, to lower blood pressure and soften the skin. South Koreans have promoted jellyfish as an aid to weight loss and beautiful skin. The inventor was the first to identify the collagen in cannonball jellyfish as type II-like collagen and demonstrated that oral administration of low doses of jellyfish collagen delayed the onset and suppressed collagen-induced arthritis in animal models. Type II collagen is the specific type which confers a suppressing effect on rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Of the total tissue protein makeup of cannonball jellyfish, as estimated 80% is collagen and which is found to be type II (only found in the cartilage of vertebrates) or type II-like collagen. Because jellyfish collagen is more homogeneous than bovine or chicken type II collagen, it showed a superior effect in suppressing the onset of arthritis in rats. Jellyfish collagen should provide a cost-effective and safe protein supplement that will likely have a suppressing effect on RA, as well as other potential benefits pertaining to collagen. PDF: Use of Jellyfish Collagen in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis | |||