Just as chemotherapy often requires several drugs to combat resistance in cancerous cells, successful antimicrobial therapy
against some pathogens requires a combination of drugs.
But if an accident leads to substantial blood loss, for instance, or the defense
against a pathogen requires more blood cells in the course of an infection, the stem cells are activated.
Not exact matches
Double - Stranded RNA - Binding Protein 4 Is
Required for Resistance Signaling
against Viral and Bacterial
Pathogens
The innate immune system is a critical component of host defence
against microbial
pathogens, but effective responses
require an ability to distinguish between infectious and non-infectious insult to prevent inappropriate inflammation.
Regardless many of the defensive mechanisms that plants have
against insects and
pathogens require that the plant recognize that it is being attacked.