Sentences with phrase «against plant virus»
Together with researchers at the CNRS, the group has demonstrated the efficacy of RNA - based vaccines produced using the new method against plant virus infections.
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Avoid using tobacco in any form to help protect plants against tobacco mosaic virus.
RNA interference, an immune defense first discovered in plants more than a decade ago, may become a powerful new weapon against SARS and other deadly viruses.
In plants, fungi and insects it also is used for protection against certain viruses.
Thus these plant extracts may be useful starting material for the development of potent herbal agents against selected virus infections.
That's why researchers are engineering plants to produce key parts of viruses and bacteria, in the hope that the human body will take them for invaders and start producing antibodies against the organisms.
ASU researchers Qiang «Shawn» Chen and Huafang «Lily» Lai infiltrate a tobacco plant to produce monoclonal antibodies against West Nile virus.
Viral genes have been used to protect papaya plants against the ring spot virus, for example, with no sign of resistance evolving in over a decade of use in Hawaii.
RNAi is effective against viruses and fungal pathogens and can also protect plants against insect pests, reducing the need for chemical pesticides.
Antibodies and their derivatives can protect plants and animals — including humans — against viruses.
Gene silencing is a natural adaptive defense mechanism used by plants against viruses.
A bitter plant alkaloid shown in clinical trials to have antimicrobial properties against bacteria and viruses.
Many people having genital herpes have claimed that an extract of the Echinacea plant can enhance the immune system's ability to fight against herpes simplex virus.
Helichrysum litoreum Guss, a Campania medicinal plant reported to have antibacterial properties, was evaluated for antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV - 1) in vitro.