Everyday a new drug is introduced into the market with manufacturers guaranteeing positive results. This right here is all too uncommon particularly in medicine where laboratory experiments and studies are conducted almost everyday. A new and remarkable form of therapy was discovered for the treatment of diseases caused by an over reactive or abnormal immune system, treatment was given using liposomal clodronate.

The immune system is one of the most important system of the body specifically to one's health. In fact, some people take vitamin supplements to aid their immune system. The stronger it is, the more invincible man becomes. It's all very simple if you think of it, however this may not always be the case sometimes, there are abnormalities in your immune system which causes your cells to attach your own body, hence the term Autoimmune Disease.

The immune system has an important role in a man's health. Under normal circumstances, the immune system defends the body from foreign cells which may cause infection such as common cough and colds. In addition to that, it may also send off several defensive mechanisms in the body perhaps to prevent additional trauma.

Clodronic acids is a first generation biphosphonate was originally used for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and reduce the risk of hyperparathyroidism, vertebral fractures, fracture related pain and hypercalcemia. It was during this time that the drug was discovered to have an effect in the immune system by reducing certain inflammatory markers.

As a whole, the immune system is a major factor in one's health and body. It does protect one on being infected from common viruses which explains why some people take supplementation to strengthen their immune system. But for some unique reason, the immune system could be the culprit to several medical diseases as well as on transplant rejections.

Clodronic acid is administered through the trachea, directly into the lungs and absorbed by the blood stream. Using liposomes as vehicle, the liposome will be ingested by the macrophages through endocytosis. Certain chemicals inside the cells will disrupt the layer of the liposome releasing the clodronate. There will be an accumulation of clodronic acid inside the macrophage and after exceeding threshold, will cause the macrophage to die through apoptosis.

Using the liposomes as a drug vehicle, clodronic acid will be delivered into your phagocytic cell, or macrophages damaging it irreversibly then kills it eventually through apoptosis. Aptly name as the macrophage "suicide'', this will result to a decreased or minimal immune reaction hence patients with autoimmune disease may show improvement from their condition.

With the discovery of these new therapy, it surely increases the hope of anyone suffering from severe autoimmune diseases to achieve disease remission. This may also decrease the chances of transplant rejection to those patients scheduled for transplantation in any parts of the body. All in all, clodronic acid liposome therapy is promising a good quality of life among patients.

The liposomal clodronate is no doubt a wonder drug as far as autoimmune diseases and transplantation is concerned. Medical studies and experiments are still going on for the therapeutic effect of such therapy in anti neoplastic drugs or Cancer in particular.