Sentences with phrase «few cells infected»

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«In a single mouse, for example, maybe 100 cells will be infected, which is very few compared with other viruses such as the flu.»

«The best explanation for what we are seeing is that frequently, after exposure to HIV, a few cells in the genital tract are infected, without establishment of a systemic infection,» says senior investigator Eric Hunter, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Vaccine Center, and Yerkes National Primate Research Center.

When it reaches the brain, Zika virus infects neuronal stem cells, which will generate fewer neurons, and by inducing chronic stress in the endoplasmic reticulum, it promotes apoptosis, i.e. the early death of these neuronal cells.

«One has to collect a lot of cells to measure the latent reservoir,» Richman says, noting that fewer than one cell in a million is latently infected.

People infected with HIV have few signs of microbial translocation during the first six months of infection as it takes time for the virus to kill off epithelial cells and weaken the gut wall so that bacteria can leak through — so treating them early could be more effective.

A Zika - infected organoid (right) shows collapse of the rosette, with fewer neural stem cells and neurons.

To create the maps, Spruston and HHMI neuroscientist Jayaram Chandrashekar injected mouse brains with viruses that infect only a few cells at a time, prompting them to produce fluorescent proteins.

Until this week, the WHO recommended that HIV treatment should begin when each millilitre of an infected person's blood contains fewer than 350 CD4 cells, the white blood cells targeted and destroyed by HIV.

Currently, the WHO recommends that HIV treatment should not begin for most infected people until each cubic millimetre of their blood contains fewer than 350 CD4 cells, the white blood cells targeted and destroyed by HIV.

As a result, fewer infected red blood cells might clog up the tiny blood vessels in patients» organs.

The experiment's final product is equivalent to the naturally occurring genetic code of M. genitalium, with two minor exceptions: The scientists disabled the gene that gave the bug power to infect human cells, and they added a few «watermarks,» short strips of signature genetic code that identify the product as man - made.

A) Lung section: arrows are pointing at few infected cells (red - purple).