Sentences with phrase «against infection by»

Moreover, it should be noted that the skin is the body's first defense against infection by microorganisms.

It is entirely possible for a dog or cat to have a 0 titer to a virus, but to be protected well against infection by the virus.

You can guard against infection by cooking meat and animal products well, wearing latex gloves when handling your cat's litter boxes, and avoiding or sanitizing areas with large cat populations.

The 500 mg vegetable capsules detoxify the body and protect it against infection by enhancing the immune system.

Results from a recent study show that novel vaccine combinations can provide partial protection against infection by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in rhesus monkeys.

2012 — Novel Ad26MVA vaccine provides protection against SIV — Results found Ad26 / MVA vaccine combinations can provide partial protection against infection by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in rhesus monkeys.

The trials would be for proof of concept, to show whether researchers can, for the first time in humans, stimulate the right B cells to start the process of making broadly neutralizing antibodies, long considered the «holy grail» of HIV vaccine research because they defend against infection by a broad spectrum of HIV strains.

It makes cells form interferon, the protein that defends other cells against infection by viruses

B lymphocytes generate the antibodies that protect us against infection by pathogens.

Grape juice is also believed to help protect against infection by food borne bacteria — it does this by killing the «bad» bacteria without killing the «good» bacteria that exist naturally in the gut and which aid digestion.

Care and Protect has a triple action formula that protects against infection by creating a barrier over your babies skin and also conditions your little ones delicate skin too.

Not exact matches

[1] It is comprised of a network of cells and organs working together to defend the body against infection and sickness by producing secretions and disease - fighting cells.

Those guidelines do caution against blood - borne infections caused by multiple - use pigments, and the possibility of HIV / AIDS transmission through contaminated needles.

In addition, breast - milk contains important antibodies that protect your baby against infections, reducing deaths due to diarrhea by a factor of 7 and pneumonia by a factor of 5.

Another way to think about the immunization schedule is that by the time they start kindergarten, most kids will get multiple doses of 10 vaccines to protect them against 14 vaccine - preventable infections.

By some miracle, not only was I able to recover from the infection, but ultimately I was also able to exclusively breastfeed my daughter, against all odds.

Respiratory Infections Breastfeeding protects against respiratory infections, including those caused by rotaviruses and respiratory syncytiaInfections Breastfeeding protects against respiratory infections, including those caused by rotaviruses and respiratory syncytiainfections, including those caused by rotaviruses and respiratory syncytial viruses.

In addition to providing protection against infections that may promote atopic disease, breast - feeding also promotes the establishment of an intestinal microbiota that may protect against atopic disease, possibly by stimulating tolerogenic cytokines, such as TGF - β, or stimulating a Th1 response (47).

But usually, our bodies benefit most from fighting off an infection by itself, so that it can fortify itself against future infections by producing necessary antibodies.

Breast feeding is clearly an issue for public health consideration as it provides significant protection against infections in newborns and infants.12 Because breast feeding has been shown to protect against infections so profoundly in developing countries, it is estimated that an increase in breast feeding worldwide by 40 % would reduce deaths from respiratory infection by 50 % in children less than 18 months of age.3

Breastfeeding helps protect against these and other infections by providing antibodies and other protective factors, minimizing exposure to pathogens, and ensuring optimum nutrition.

We applaud Trusts that screen their patients before admission, as the policy of not screening surely goes against the Government's ambition to reduce antimicrobial resistance, if we can prevent an infection by taking additional precautions where a positive screen is obtained then surely this reduces the need for antibiotics and makes a better outcome for the patient and save lives.

We must all play our part - the public and healthcare workers - by ensuring the infection control measures that have made the current fight against MRSA so successful remain in place,» he added.

Vaccinating pregnant mothers year - round against flu in the resource - challenged region of subtropical Nepal reduced infant flu virus infection rates by an average of 30 percent, increased birth weights by 15 percent and resulted in babies having less influenza, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

«A particularly noteworthy accomplishment by the IVI has been the development of a sublingually administered vaccine which has demonstrated efficacy in eliciting mucosal immunity against respiratory and genital tract infections,» he notes.

Infected Infections Page 20, by Linda Marsa A new weapon against antibiotic - resistant bacteria could be here to stay.

A molecule naturally produced by the immune system protects mice and monkeys against Zika virus infection, an international team of researchers has found.

Flu vaccines are designed to prevent infection by eliciting antibodies against HA, which the virus uses to break into cells lining the airways.

A look back at samples from the Brazilians, collected six months before Zika arrived by a team led by Albert Ko of Yale University, revealed evidence of prior dengue 1 infections in some — and a potential explanation as to why certain people's immune systems fared better against Zika.

«Also by studying how the gut microbiota usually recover after cholera, we gain new ideas about how to manage severely disturbed microbial communities, ideas that can be used to protect against diseases that often follow such disturbance, such as infections that commonly follow antibiotic use.»

On top of uncovering the long - range signaling mechanisms the researchers were astounded by another aspect of the programming which revealed that signals can not only program the monocytes to protect against the infection, but also to change to a repair function when they come across the good (commensal) bacteria in the gut.

Using a mouse model of HSV - 1 as well as autopsied samples of human adult and fetal tissues, investigators from Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine found that antibodies against HSV - 1 produced by adult women or female mice could travel to the nervous systems of their yet unborn babies, preventing the development and spread of infection during birth.

One reason seems to be the strong stigma in the South attached to HIV infection and AIDS, an attitude that is reinforced by many cultural and religious attitudes against homosexuality.

They'll test it against Pseudomonas infections in mice, and the results of the experiment should be ready by next summer.

Christine Williamson and her colleagues at the Agricultural and Food Research Council's Institute for Animal Health at Compton in Berkshire aim to tackle mastitis by fortifying the cow's own armoury against the bacteria that cause the infections.

New research conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that higher levels of antibody against a different flu surface protein — neuraminidase (NA)-- were the better predictor of protection against flu infection and its unpleasant side effects.

Since the most severe infections are caused by influenza type A and type B viruses, the available vaccines provide coverage against these two types.

Although the scientists can't assume hospitalization is directly causing suicide, they say their work backs up a hot theory that inflammation — one of the body's main defenses against infection — influences depression by generating a chemical that interferes with brain signaling.

11 Fighting a hangover by drinking «the hair of the dog that bit you» may have originated in an ancient belief that ingesting the hair of a dog that literally bit you could guard against infection.

Biologists have long wondered if mammals share the elegant system used by insects, bacteria and other invertebrates to defend against viral infection.

«Our results provide a roadmap to developing a single antibody - based treatment effective against not only infections caused by Ebola Zaire virus, but also caused by related filoviruses.»

This goal of this study, led by Geisbert and Ian MacLachlan, executive vice president and chief technical officer of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, was to determine whether it is possible to protect animals against a lethal MARV - Angola infection when treatment was started at a point when animals have detectable levels of the virus in their system and show the first clinical signs of disease.

In a study published in Nature this week, an international team led by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, discovered how our cells defend themselves against HBV infection, but also how the virus fights back.

If you pre-empt a bacterial infection by vaccinating against it, you can cut antibiotic use and the rise of resistance, says a UK government advisory panel

By calculating the amount spent on researching respiratory infections and their mortality rates, the study authors were able to assess UK public and charitable sector investment against the global burden of the diseases.

The toxin produced by E. coli is too small to be recognized effectively by the human immune system, meaning that one round of infection does not provide immunity against future exposure.

Ivermectin, the established drug which successfully treats the infection, is known to be effective against minor damage caused to the front of the eye by the worm, but until now scientists had very little clear evidence about the drug's role in preventing more serious effects of infection, in particular damage to the optic nerve.

After the infection, cell numbers diminish, but central memory T cells retain a long - term ability to defend against reinfection by microorganisms that carry the same antigen.

They used the gene - editing CRISPR / Cas9 technique to sift the genomes of melanoma cells for changes that made tumors resistant to being killed by immune T cells, which are the main actors in the immune system response against infections and cancer cells.

Antibodies are something that all people have that are made by the immune system to protect against infections.