Sentences with phrase «fight human infections»

An estimated 70 percent of the kinds of antibiotics that are also used to fight human infections and in surgery are sold in the United States for use in meat production.

Not exact matches

Human milk is rich in infection - fighting white cells, too.

Over the years scientists have identified a number of anti-infective substances in human milk that may help fight respiratory and gastrointestinal infections, and such devastating conditions as acute inflammation of the intestines and colon, to which premature infants are particularly vulnerable.

Human breast milk that is frozen or stored for longer than 48 hours loses a significant amount of its antioxidant content, making it less able to help infants fight off free radicals that play a role in allowing infections and other diseases.

And, it is not only nutritious, but human milk contains other substances that keep children healthy and help them to fight off diseases and infections.

The current test is only able to analyze part of the human immune system, namely the B - cells but not the T - cells, which are needed as helper cells to fight the infection and whose activity indicates the presence of an infection.

This study reveals one of the chemicals that normal skin bacteria make to help humans fight off infection or an imbalance in the skin microflora.

But in a usual flu season, the human body isn't inclined to make infection - fighting antibodies against the stem.

A company called Hematech is already breeding genetically engineered cattle (derived from cloned stem cells) that produce human antibodies to fight bacterial infections, and the animals» welfare is not compromised in any way.

In theorizing about the connection between PM2.5 and ALRI, Dr. Horne said: «The air pollution itself may make the human body more susceptible to infection or may impair the body's ability to fight off the infectious agents.

Tests in mice and nonhuman primates had shown TGN1412 to be safe, but when it was injected into humans — in a dose less than 1/500 of what was given to monkeys — it caused a massive release of infection - fighting T cells that overstimulated the patients» immune systems, resulting in multiple organ failure.

At birth, the human immune system is pretty useless; for months newborns rely on immune factors acquired from their mothers while their own infection - fighting systems develop.

Perhaps the most problematic new capability the human strains acquired is the ability to resist methicillin, an important antibiotic for fighting staphylococcal infections.

Antibodies are Y - shaped proteins that in most instances are good because they help fight infection, but people can also make antibodies that work against other humans, which is often a major barrier to transplantation.

Researchers report that high levels of salt in mice's skin help them fight off bacteria — and that humans may also stockpile salt at infection sites.

Stilbenoids are compounds produced by plants to fight infections, and in human biology appear to affect some of the signaling pathways that allow vitamin D to do its job, researchers said.

LA JOLLA — For the first time, scientists have turned human skin cells into transplantable white blood cells, soldiers of the immune system that fight infections and invaders.

The final stage of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection when the immune system has been diminished to the point that the body can no longer fight life - threatening infections.

But they do have an immune system that's pretty similar to humans: dogs have white blood cells that fight infections, and they make antibodies to prevent disease, says Judy Morgan, a veterinarian and author of From Needles to Natural.

Weakened immune system: Research indicates that sleep deprivation adversely affects the white blood cell count in humans as well as the body's ability to fight infections.

Immunity One cup of spinach contains over 337 % of the RDA of vitamin A that not only protects and strengthens «entry points» into the human body, such as mucous membranes, respiratory, urinary and intestinal tracts, but is also a key component of lymphocytes (or white blood cells) that fight infection.

Coconut oil, like human breastmilk, contains lauric acid which helps the body fight viral and bacterial infections and makes immune systems strong.

Young puppies, (like human babies) are most susceptible to infection, particularly because the natural immunity provided in their mother's milk may wear off before the puppy's own immune system is mature enough to fight off infection.

Ketoconazole was originally developed to fight fungal infections in humans, but researchers discovered that it could be useful in fighting Cushing's by suppressing cortisol secretion in the adrenal glands.

Dogs (unlike humans) manufacture their own vitamin C, but the amount they produce may not meet their needs if they are under stress or fighting infection.

Using parallel methods of protection as in humans, pet vaccines initiate defensive immune response, preparing the animal's body to fight a potential future infection.

To reduce fever; while this is a common use for humans, we recognize that fever has an important place in immune function in fighting infection.

Dogs and humans receiving cyclosporine appear to have reduced ability to fight infections of all kinds.

Just like us humans, when we have a cold, antibiotics aren't going to do anything to fight off the infection.