The IDO enzyme is believed to play a role in suppressing the immune system, which may keep the body from
fighting cancer effectively.
Not exact matches
HSCT is
effectively used today as a form of «replacement» therapy for patients with hard - to - treat blood
cancers, providing healthy cells from either the patient (autologous transplantation) or from a donor (allogeneic transplantation) to better equip patients to
fight the disease on their own.
When
fighting chronic viral infections or
cancers, a key division of the immune system, known as CD8 T cells, sometimes loses its ability to
effectively fight foreign invaders.
It has been found to be very beneficial in aiding asthma and bronchitis, can
fight cancer very
effectively, is used to ease nausea, bloating and heartburn.
Importantly, however, we don't view our dog patients as test subjects for
cancer research, but they can help us to better understand breast carcinoma in both dogs and humans and
fight it more
effectively.»