Sentences with phrase «as a reservoir for»

One still - unsolved problem is that infected individuals who come late to treatment can serve as a reservoir for new infections.

No idea what it's like to have to ingratiate your self to men who see you only as a reservoir for their semen.

In a new study published in Mucosal Immunology, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) report that human breast milk serves as a reservoir for bio-molecules that help to resolve inflammation and combat infection.

Additionally, bats serve as reservoirs for a multitude of viruses, which raises the question of how these animals are able to tune cytosolic DNA sensing and innate immune activation.

«The [Zika infected] cells can serve as a reservoir for a virus throughout life, and, as you can imagine, that will have a large consequence beyond microcephaly,» he said.

«Once a pathogen establishes itself within a biofilm, it can be difficult to eradicate as biofilms provide a physical barrier against the host immune response, can be impermeable to antibiotics and act as a reservoir for persistent infection,» Scott said.

«These placenta - specific cells could potentially serve as a reservoir for Zika virus production within the fetal compartment,» said first author Kellie Ann Jurado, a postdoctoral fellow.

Greeley says, «In the Antarctic, microcracks in the ice often serve as reservoirs for liquid water and cold - tolerant microorganisms to grow and flourish.

In particular, the scientists studied the formation of a mass of cells called a blastema that serves as a reservoir for regenerating tissues.

Gomes - Solecki's vaccine wouldn't address the spread of other tick - borne pathogens, nor target other animals such as deer or skunks that act as reservoirs for Lyme disease.

The findings highlight the potential for cows to serve as a reservoir for bacteria with the capacity for pandemic spread in humans.

Policymakers have adopted the bovine TB management strategy of culling badgers, which are thought to act as a reservoir for the disease.

And unlike with some mosquito - borne diseases (like West Nile virus), animals in the Miami area don't seem to act as reservoirs for Zika.

20 Snow is near - pure crystallized water, but when it collects on the ground it acts as a reservoir for atmospheric pollutants such as mercury and soot.

Wolfram syndrome is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding a protein called wolframin, which resides in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum — another cellular compartment that functions as a manufacturing and packaging system and also acts as a reservoir for calcium ions.

«Soil ecologists have been predicting for quite a while that the soil acts as a reservoir for resistance,» says molecular biologist Jo Handelsman of Yale University, who was not involved in the new study.

Following infection, Langerhans cells not only serve as reservoirs for replicating virus, but also transport the virus to nearby lymph nodes where HIV spreads to other immune cells.

«Glacial ice is not currently considered as a reservoir for organic carbon and biology,» says Christner, «but that view has to change.»

In Stiff Person Syndrome, which is a rare autoimmune disease in the central nervous system with autoantibodies targeting glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), the humoral autoimmune response was shown to consist of a Rituximab - sensitive part rapidly cleared after treatment, and a Rituximab - resistant part from long - lived and persistent plasma cells acting as a reservoir for secretion of autoantibodies.

The paper, Intracellular replication of Streptococcus pneumoniae inside splenic macrophages serves as a reservoir for septicaemia, will be published in the journal Nature Microbiology.

Because toothbrushes can act as reservoirs for acid - producing bacteria, use a small amount of rinse to cleanse your brush as well.

Saliva helps keep teeth clean by removing food debris from tooth surfaces, neutralizing mouth acidity, and acting as a reservoir for the minerals our teeth need to build strong enamel.

Additionally, estrone sulfate is a long - lived derivative that serves as a reservoir for the more active estradiol (E2), into which estrone is easily converted via 17β - hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17β - HSD).

2 - CH30 E1 appears to be a metabolite that itself lacks biologic activity but may be converted to (and serves as a reservoir for) 2 - CH30 E2.

And, I explored the concept of our own body fat as a reservoir for disease - causing pollutants in Diabetes & Dioxins.

In addition, the site of improperly performed dental extractions can act as a reservoir for infection, releasing toxic waste and pathogens via the lymphatic system into the rest of the body.

The follicular space and the colloid that it contains serve as a reservoir for all the materials required for producing thyroid hormones.

Cat dander settles onto carpets and soft furnishings, which act as a reservoir for the allergen, releasing it back into the air when touched.

The anal sacs (sometimes referred to as anal glands) in the dog and cat are paired structures that are located at the 4 and 7 o'clock position next to the anus and act as reservoirs for secretions that are extruded with bowel movements.

The disease is becoming less common due to regular preventatives, however foxes and stray dogs can carry heartworms and act as a reservoir for the disease on the fringes of urban areas.

Skin & Coat — The skin is your dog's largest organ and it helps protect your dog from injury / infection, helps control internal temperature & serves as a reservoir for nutrients.

Contaminated hairs and skin debris shed into the environment remain infective for over a year, and act as a reservoir for reinfection.

While the stomach of each animal acts as a reservoir for the body, allowing food to be ingested as a meal rather than continuously throughout the day, a dog's stomach expands more readily.

Un-vaccinated strays are still at risk from the feral canine and feline populations that act as a reservoir for the virus.

San Diego's coyote population also serves as a reservoir for the disease, thus making it impossible to completely eradicate.

Recently, Ashford has turned to painting, pairing images sourced from the news with abstract forms and color that the artist proposes as a reservoir for individual and shared emotions that function as instruments for political resistance and reform.

«Plus, Highway 288 dips in our area and acts as the reservoir for us, and it is holding steady only half full.

In Cancun, you'll see lots of talk about investing money to conserve forests in poor countries to sustain them as reservoirs for carbon.

True but the skin just below it appears to act as a reservoir for energy that is unable to penetrate lower.

So although you are right that the earth can store energy, it can't accept and release it fast enough to serve as a reservoir for the annual changes.

The earth warms too slowly to serve as a reservoir for annual changes.

Not exact matches

You know, my God, that I can now scarcely discern in the world the lineaments of its multiplicity; for when I gaze at it I see it chiefly as a limitless reservoir in which the two contrary energies of joy and suffering are accumulating in vast quantities — and for the most part lying unused.

The Malvern conference of English churchmen said in 1941, «We must recover reverence for the earth and its resources, treating it no longer as a reservoir of potential wealth to be exploited but as a storehouse of divine bounty on which we utterly depend.

It should also be used for public works, such as the construction of schools, bridges, water reservoirs, and the like.

There was a sober sense of the judgment of the hour and of the role of the Church as a resource to hold back bitterness and to tap the reservoir of a genuine concern for a just and lasting peace.

For the most part the experiential occasions (such as those in the inorganic world) are only minimally affected by the reservoir of novelty.

As the book points out, for example, the «obviously inadequate instantiation» of caritas in medieval Christianity helped to precipitate the Reformation and its leaders» emphasis on doctrine; Reformation - era «authorities» breaches of caritas via confessional coercion created a reservoir of resentment sufficient to spring and sustain the secularizing, antireligious, liberationist ideology pervasive in the modern era down to the present»; and awareness of churches» collusion with European imperial colonial violence is linked to the steep decline in European churchgoing since World War II.

In 1984, he enlisted a small group of farmers to dig wide, shallow wells (about 26 ft. / 8 m in diameter) for each other in his home province of Uva, which has suffered a prolonged and severe water crisis since the British Empire ordered its soldiers to destroy all its reservoirs — as well as chop down every fruit - bearing tree and kill all men aged 18 and over — in retaliation for the Uva — Wellassa Uprising of 1817 — 1818.

Xi Jinping's still waging a war against the sport as Mao had done decades prior, shuttering 110 courses across China just last year for reasons ranging from corruption to being too close to a water reservoir.

Philips reservoir is considered as one of the most practical baby bottle warmers for home use.