Sentences with phrase «body against tumor»

Low - dose chemotherapy, radiation, or targeted therapies given in combination with immune checkpoint blockade may prove to be an effective and efficient way to immunize the body against tumor cells,» says CRI Scientific Advisory Council associate director James P. Allison, Ph.D., who identified the first immune checkpoint blockade with his discovery in 1995 that the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen - 4 (CTLA - 4) receptor inhibited T cell responses.

By doing this, you'll improve your ability to fight off not only unwanted bacteria but protect your body against tumors and cancer cells (that alone should make you want to run out and grab some nitric oxide).

Not exact matches

That's like me saying, «I don't mind my cancerous tumor, it's a natural part of my sacred body and I don't want to go against what nature or a devine being has dealt me.»

The mouse model could also contribute to the further development of immunotherapies — a method in which the body's immune system is stimulated, so that it intensifies its fight against tumor cells.

One promising strategy in the fight against cancer is to use the body's own immune system to remove tumor cells, but due to a phenomenon called immune tolerance, the immune system has a difficult time identifying which cells to attack.

Immunotherapy, the hottest field in cancer research, seeks to supercharge the body's natural defenses against deadly tumors.

Engineered with special tumor - recognition molecules, Listeria prods the immune system into action, marshaling an attack against tumors that the body might otherwise be unable to combat.

For most available T cell immunotherapies, T cells (which play a central role in defending the body against illness) are engineered to recognize and eliminate tumors, but their activity is not specifically controlled, leading to toxicity and unwanted side effects in patients as a result of inflammation or in some cases suboptimal response to treatment.

Because the vaccine causes the body to mount an immune response directed against a unique tumor, the therapy is much more effective than gene - targeted or more general chemotherapy alone.

This is a drawback for a major cancer treatment, immunotherapy, which turns the body's immune system against the tumor.

Michael Croft, Ph.D., and his team focus on a number of molecules that are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family, a group of proteins believed to play important roles in the ability of the immune system to guard the body against harmful microorganisms.

Nivolumab is an antibody (a type of human protein) that is being tested to see if it will allow the body - s immune system to work against tumor cells.

In this system, the dendritic cells are activated and targeted against tumor cells while remaining inside the patient's body.

one doctor's take on cancer: his thesis sees cancer as the body's defense mechanism against toxins by sequestering them in tumors

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

In his groundbreaking book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer, Dr. Lee cited research that showed how unopposed estrogen breaks down the body's natural defenses against tumor growth.

As he pointed out in his groundbreaking book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer, unopposed estrogen can break down the body's natural defenses against tumor growth.

The powerful antioxidants in strawberries may work against free radicals, inhibiting tumor growth and decreasing inflammation in the body.

Alkalinizing effect on your body, which is thought to protect against disease, including cancer (as many tumors are acidic)

Glucosinolates may help prevent cancer by helping to remove potential carcinogens from the body and increasing your body's defense against cancer with tumor suppressor proteins.

Too many vets are still vaccinating in the scruff of the neck - which has been strongly recommended against since the mid-1990s, since tumors that form there are inoperable; whereas a leg can be amputated when cancer invades there, as long as the vaccines are injected far enough away from the body.