Sentences with phrase «avoid immune system attacks»
«By bringing our research together, we want to illuminate pathways by which tumor cells and HIV evolve to avoid immune system attacks and use this knowledge to identify new targets for prevention and treatment for both diseases.»
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The immune system does not normally attack «self» proteins, so by producing protein fragments, or peptides, that imitate the structure of those in the body's own tissues, viruses and bacteria may avoid destruction.
The flu virus is a master at guiding the immune system's attacks to its strongest defences — now a way to avoid its decoys could lead to a long - lasting treatment for many kinds of flu
At the same time, excess TGF - β can deactivate attacking T - cells, allowing the tumor to avoid detection by the immune system.