Sentences with phrase «during lung infection»

Recently, our laboratory discovered that fungi secrete sugars that can act as a glue in order to help fungi attach to human lung cells and hide from the immune system during lung infections.

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This includes essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal steroid injections (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour to strengthen the babies» lungs), kangaroo mother care (when the baby is carried by the mother with skin - to - skin contact and frequent breastfeeding), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections.

This surprising discovery pegs the lungs as a major pillar in the body's defense during these dangerous infections, the researchers say.

«Unexpected role for calcium in controlling inflammation during chronic lung infection.»

Although scientists first mapped the genetic structure of P. aeruginosa 15 years ago, efforts to pinpoint how it behaves during an infection and which genes would need to be turned off to stop its spread have been hampered in part by the difficulty of mimicking the unique conditions of a cystic fibrosis patient's lungs.

Although this process probably helps the animal contain the virus during early infection, club cells also produced pro-inflammatory molecules that cause lung pathology.

Bragonzi A, Paroni M, Nonis A, Cramer N, Montanari S, Rejman J, Di Serio C, Döring G, Tümmler B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa microevolution during cystic fibrosis lung infection establishes clones with adapted virulence.

Research focus: My research projects are focused on how invariant natural killler T (iNKT) cells function in the lungs during Streptococcus pneumoniae infection.

This strain showed a highly virulent phenotype, with rapid multiplication during the early stage of infection in a murine model of TB with excessive lung inflammation, and infection with this strain resulted in more rapid death of mice than infection with the reference H37Rv strain.

These chronic low Vitamin D levels during pregnancy can lead to increased risk of cesarean, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and vaginal infection in the mother, and a higher risk of autism, mental disorders, infection, low birth weight, and heart / lung / brain problems among others.

Research suggests that babies who are breastfed are less likely to develop infections (especially lung infections, ear infections, and diarrhea) during their first year of life than babies who are fed formulas.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a potentially deadly infection in which fluid fills the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe, appears more common among heart surgery patients during flu season, the researchers found.

Less common signs of heartworm infection include vomiting, neurologic signs, collapse and sudden death.9 Many cats are able to overcome this phase of the disease process — and in some cases completely clear the heartworm infection — but not without damaging the small blood vessels in the lungs during the process.6, 7

Fat pets are at a greater risk during anesthesia and surgery since they have reduced lung function, decreased liver and kidney function, greater risk of wound infection, and require more anesthetic than normal pets.

It's been a relief that Sara hasn't had any eye, ear, and lung infections that are common from fire injuries and she remains in very good health as confirmed during her recent Animal League America veterinarian checkup.

During this time, these cats suffer from infections of the mouth, nose, eyes, skin, lungs and intestines.

During an active infection in an animal, the adult heartworms live in the blood vessel that takes freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs and distributes it through the body.