Sentences with phrase «antibodies against the organisms»

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.

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One of these, IgA, which is present in highest amounts in the first few days of life, contains many antibodies against viruses, bacteria and other disease - causing organisms.

To protect the infant against illness, breast milk contains antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiprotozoal factors as well as antibodies to many specific disease organisms.

Romper spoke with lactation consultant Lindsay Kempenich Greenfield, who explains that «saliva from a sick infant, readily detected at the maternal breast, triggers antibody production against specific organisms that the baby's immune system is currently fighting.»

Conventional vaccines work by triggering the immune system into manufacturing antibodies against an infectious organism, but such a vaccine has proved elusive for the rapidly mutating HIV.

The second test looked for antibodies in the pet's blood directed against leptospira — evidence the organism was or had been present.

Vaccines stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies (titer) against a disease organism so that the cat is protected against various pathogens in its environment.