Sentences with phrase «altered by an infection»

Attacked by an unknown enemy, he awakens to find part of his body altered by an infection that has granted him inhuman abilities and he must learn to evolve along with his powers, to survive and to become a hero.

Acquired hydrocephalus develops when the flow of CSF is blocked or altered by infection, tumor, or swelling.

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BY DUNCAN OSBORNE As government funders increasingly pay for biomedical interventions that prevent HIV infections, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and provide less support for behavioral interventions that increase condom use and alter sexual behavior, the funding landscape for AIDS groups may shift and they will have to change how they interact with their HIV - negative -LSB-...]

Outside of the brain, cytokines are released by immune cells fighting infections, and they can alter MHCI expression in a complicated feedback loop.

This may be of particular importance in the ageing lung as pulmonary infections are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly, as discussed by Boe et al. 11 Innate cells appear to have reduced TLR signalling via MAPK and NFƙB resulting in reduced inflammatory cytokine production as well as altered chemotaxis responses, decreased phagocytosis and antigen presentation capacity.

«We know that antibiotics are major risk factors for C. diff infection because they alter the gut microbiota, or composition of bacteria in the gut, by eliminating the bacteria that are normally there,» says Casey Theriot, assistant professor of infectious disease at NC State and corresponding author of a paper describing the research.

They exist in all mammals and birds that have been examined, including humans, and become destructive only when their shape is altered, a change that occurs either through infection by an already infectious protein or through a genetic mutation.)

Early evidence suggests that infections during pregnancy may alter brain anatomy by driving neuronal proliferation and lead to learning problems.

He proposed that the protein becomes infectious and destructive only when its shape is altered, and that this change occurs either through infection by an already infectious protein or through a genetic mutation.

Primary Immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are a group of rare genetic diseases characterized by an altered innate and adaptive immune system, leading to increased susceptibility to infections, risk of autoimmunity and cancer.

Consequently, broad infection control measures that are designed to prevent pathogen transmission and infection, such as oversanitation and the overuse of antibiotics, may inadvertently affect human health by altering normal commensal transmission.

In a nut shell, leaky gut syndrome (LGS) describes a condition of altered or damaged bowel lining, caused by antibiotics, toxins, poor diet, parasites or infection can lead to increased permeability of the gut wall to toxins, microbes, undigested food, waste or larger than normal macromolecules.

Sub-health can be a chronic condition, usually indicated by low energy, loss of vitality, altered sleeping patterns, and increased incidence of viral infections.

Lung histopathology, radiography, high - resolution computed tomography, and bronchia - alveolar lavage cytology are altered by Toxocara cati infection in cats and is independent of development of adult intestinal parasites.