Sentences with phrase «defense mechanisms by»

Immunity is a complex series of defense mechanisms by which an animal is able to resist a disease or infection or, at least resist the harmful consequences of the infection.

Your body steps up its defense mechanisms by instantaneously inflating liquid - filled balloons of sorts inside your oral cavity.

This is often done as a defense mechanism by the alienating parent as a way to curry favor with the children in an effort to further justify their alienation, but the truth is that these types of discussions and providing this type of information to children can be very destructive emotionally and psychologically.

Not exact matches

Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism used to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a person's having conflicting values, cognitions, emotions, beliefs, etc. within themselves.

It must be said in their defense that often the kind of problem being investigated could be well served by assuming an imagery of mechanism.

These symptoms are described by psychologists as the root of the disorientation many people face today in their lives, although people manage to cover over and obscure them as a part of their elaborate defense mechanisms.

In her book The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense, (11) Anna Freud explored in depth the ego's unconscious defenses against anxiety (described originally by her father).

It is a defense mechanism of the brain taken to extremes and used by those who desire the manipulation of others.

When it comes to my relationship with God and with other Christians, I'm as quick as anyone else to try and protect myself from honest dialog by hiding behind flowery, unhelpful language (or, my favorite defense mechanism: to intellectualize everything so that it can't hurt me).

Well, neither do I, and with one aspect of what you say I agree: faith in God is used by many as a psychological defense mechanism, a lovely make - believe world to which sentimentally they retreat when they do not want to face life's stern realities.

However, the extent of this change is significantly modified by a wide range of social and personal variables such as the functions that are being served for the individual by the attitudes in question; the satisfaction the individual derives from existing attitudes; the strength of existing defense mechanisms and group pressures surrounding those attitudes; patterns of reinforcement for similar attitudes in the past; other alternatives available to the viewer; and the current psychological state of the viewer.

He was convulsed by a full - body shiver but wisely realized that it was his body's defense mechanism, so he didn't try to stop shaking.

All the mechanisms of help defense that players use to cover for one another are challenged by the ever - present threat of perimeter shooting.

A fever helps the body fight infections by stimulating natural defense mechanisms.

Maybe it was some kind of innate defense mechanism, to prevent me from being distracted by anyone else's needs while fulfilling my children's nutritional ones.

Unfortunately, cholesterol is found at the scene of the crime «clogging» the arteries, when it was actually used by our bodies as a defense mechanism against damage.

According to the scientists» findings, targeting c - FLIP with the OH14 compound works on two fronts: first by helping to deactivate the tumour's self - defense mechanism against the immune system and second to prevent its regrowth.

Suppression and dissociation, two psychoanalytic defense mechanisms, are now studied by modern neuroscience

Most T cells are not killed by the HIV virus itself, but by the body's defense mechanism.

«Defense mechanism employed by algae can effectively inhibit marine fouling.»

In order to find an alternative, the Mainz - based research team of Professor Wolfgang Tremel decided to simulate a defense mechanism employed by algae and established that cerium dioxide nanoparticles can effectively prevent fouling.

TAL effectors are produced in nature by certain bacteria that infect plants and are able to bind to specific sequences in the plant DNA, thereby neutralizing the plant's defense mechanisms.

But if you inverse a peptide's geometric orientation, by making a mirror - image of it, it can still bind correct receptors while sliding unnoticed past the body's defense mechanisms.

But University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers have now found that chronic liver inflammation also promotes cancer by suppressing immunosurveillance — a natural defense mechanism in which it's thought the immune system suppresses cancer development.

In the absence of this and other defense mechanisms, Weinberg says, «cancer development would be inevitable, and we would be covered by tumors by the time we're several years old.»

This defense mechanism even works against sharks by effectively clogging their gills or choking them.

«Plants have evolved defense mechanisms to protect themselves, such as thorns, bitter - tasting berries, and in the case of certain types of grass, by harbouring toxic fungus deep within them that can be dangerous or even fatal for grazing animals,» says York U Biology Professor Dawn Bazely, who worked with University of Cambridge researcher Andrew Tanentzap and York U researcher Mark Vicari on the project.

Gene silencing is a natural adaptive defense mechanism used by plants against viruses.

This resulted in a staggering 50,000 virus - host protein interactions, approximately 500 of which appeared to be involved in viral infection.By removing the interacting host proteins from the cell one at a time, the researchers were able to determine what their functional contribution was in the infection process: whether the host proteins were hijacked by the virus and used to spread infection, or whether they were part of a defense mechanism against the virus.

They also do this defense mechanism when they are being threatened by humans.

The main mechanism includes phagocytosis of macrophages which play a critical role in nonspecific defense (innate immunity) and, moreover; they have a role as antigen presenters which also help initiate specific defense mechanisms (adaptive immunity) by recruiting other immune cells such as lymphocytes.

They start by using a technique known as RNA interference (RNAi), which is a natural defense mechanism cells employ to destroy certain types of viruses.

By engineering an artificial protein that targets the product of such potentially cancer - causing gene fusions, Hur hopes to trigger immune defense mechanisms that kill rogue cells harboring the fusions.

«Our next goal is to figure out why this is the case — whether it's a defense mechanism elicited by the pathogens themselves or an immunological loophole in the vaginal tissue.»

By studying the antioxidant defense mechanism, I have gleamed valuable insight into the evolution and lifestyle of this pathogen.

Ever since Edward Jenner developed the first successful vaccine against the dreaded smallpox virus, researchers have been riveted by the interplay between the body's defense mechanisms and pathogens staging an attack.

Building on each other's work, the five award recipients demonstrated how this normal self - defense mechanism can be hijacked by tumors as a way to evade immune surveillance and dodge an attack.

I have built up strength by breaking down walls (defense mechanisms and otherwise).

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

The body possesses multiple endogenous defense mechanisms to protect it from ROS by weakening and destroying those substances.

Another terpene, α - pinene is released by plants as a volatile defense mechanism, yet seems to decrease inflammation by inhibiting NF - κB (Nuclear Factor Kappa B).11 NF - κB regulates our immune response and is turned on in response to harmful states like infection.

The immunoglobulins available in our whey protein stimulate the body's innate defense mechanisms to fight off infections caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites.

Inflammation is one of the most effective and important defense mechanisms that your body has against injury and harmful intrusions by pathogens (such as bacteria, virus, parasites) or toxins.

Nerd Skincare Acne Treatment Lotion, $ 85: Instead of wiping out all skin bacteria, Nerd Skincare aims to naturally keep you clear by supporting your skin's natural defense mechanisms.

Instead of wiping out all skin bacteria, Nerd Skincare aims to naturally keep you clear by supporting your skin's natural defense mechanisms.

They concluded that regular consumption of mate tea may increase antioxidant defense of the body by multiple mechanisms.

And, of course, chemicals themselves can lead to loss of chemical tolerance by contributing to the breakdown of the body's self - defense mechanisms.

The defense mechanisms used by Oliver to keep himself emotionally disengaged from Jordana (most keenly revealed in one of the movieâ $ ™ s best scenes, where Oliver compulsively finds excuses not to accompany her to the hospital to visit her dying mother), are echoed in the distancing tactics used by Ayoade in the movie itself.

Director Denis pays close, amused attention to the way Isabelle, the Parisian artist played by Juliette Binoche, responds to the familiar blather of the men in her life — their dodges, their defense mechanisms, the way they wheedle and charm their way into her bed.

The complex is controlled by a sophisticated artificial intelligence presence known as the Red Queen, whose defense mechanism upon danger is to kill everyone in the complex, which, thanks to the T - Virus, brings them back to «life» in the form of zombies.