Sentences with phrase «defense against the tumor»

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Published in the February 27 issue of Cell, the study found that tumor cells that reach the brain — and successfully grow into new tumors — hug capillaries and express specific proteins that overcome the brain's natural defense against metastatic invasion.

Mice whose eosinophils had been incapacitated using antibodies exhibited poor defense mechanisms against tumors and soon succumbed to the disease.

As an additional safety feature, the researchers introduced two mutations that weakened the virus's ability to combat the cell's defenses against infection, reasoning that the mutated virus still would be able to grow in tumor cells — which have a poor antiviral defense system — but would be eliminated quickly in healthy cells with a robust antiviral response.

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

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.