Sentences with phrase «effective against pathogens»

In the nose, these cells could increase production of proteins that are typically abundant only in the intestines and that are particularly effective against pathogens such as S. aureus.

It acts mainly in the stomach and is especially effective against pathogens to which the mother is exposed, such as poliovirus and streptococcus.

Not exact matches

«The amphibian chytrid fungus suppresses immune responses of amphibian hosts, so many researchers doubted that amphibians could acquire effective immunity against this pathogen,» Rohr said.

The AcrA - PPMO also was effective against the human pathogens Klebsiella pneumoniae and Salmonella enterica, since those bacteria contain the same efflux pump with a matching gene sequence, Dr. Greenberg said.

The gained metabolites were effective against a «normal,» as well as resistant Staphylococcus aureus pathogens.

Prof. Raymond Kaempfer, the Dr. Philip M. Marcus Professor of Molecular Biology and Cancer Research at the Institute for Medical Research Israel - Canada (IMRIC), in the Hebrew University's Faculty of Medicine, explains: «Rather than targeting the bacterial pathogens, which can then mutate to develop antibiotic resistance, host - oriented therapeutics have the advantage of remaining effective even against infections with antibiotic - resistant strains.

The compounds have been shown to be effective in killing many species of bacterial pathogens but are generally less effective against the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.

An international research group led by Arizona State University professor Qiang «Shawn» Chen has developed a new generation of potentially safer and more cost - effective therapeutics against West Nile virus, and other pathogens.

RNAi is effective against viruses and fungal pathogens and can also protect plants against insect pests, reducing the need for chemical pesticides.

Candidate vaccines against Ebola or malaria — one of which recently received an important stamp of approval in Europe — should definitely be used if they are safe and effective, he says, but they could lead to more virulent pathogens.

The same microRNAs were also effective against Semliki Forest Virus, a mosquito - borne pathogen with a very different life cycle and genetic makeup.

An especially important property from the start was possibly that the mixture was effective against a wide variety of fungi, as no specialized pathogens in beewolves are known to have evolved resistance to these antibiotics.

With better understanding, they may be able to develop more sophisticated vaccines that can be effective against more pathogens — those that differ as a result of genetic variations.

Pentamidine, when used with other antibiotics, was found to be particularly effective against two of the three pathogens which the WHO has identified as having the most critical priority for development of new antibiotics.

NIAID's biodefense research is integrated into its larger emerging and re ‐ emerging infectious diseases portfolio that uses sophisticated genomic and proteomic platforms focused on developing broad ‐ spectrum therapies effective against entire classes of pathogens.

Our goal is to understand the acute immune response associated with viral infections to better identify and interdict these pathogens to increase blood safety, as well as to capitalize to access to subjects identified at the earliest point of infection to better understand the generation of effective immune responses against acute and chronic viral infections.

The innate immune system is a critical component of host defence against microbial pathogens, but effective responses require an ability to distinguish between infectious and non-infectious insult to prevent inappropriate inflammation.

A laboratory study in 2009 has found clove oil and its active component to be effective antifungal agents against Candida and other fungal pathogens Researchers at the University of Porto, Portugal, studied the composition and antifungal activity of clove essential oil.

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.

Our proprietary ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) air purification units are proven highly effective against a wide spectrum of animal pathogens.

When multiple pathogens are detected or suspected, your veterinarian might add antibiotics or anti-fungal agents that are effective against secondary invaders like mycoplasma, chlamydia and yeast but not specifically against Herpes - 1.