Sentences with phrase «immune defense system»

The Editas approach (CRISPR / Cas) attempts to mimic a natural immune defense system found in bacteria that involves saving a snippet of an invading virus» DNA that can be used by the bacteria to rewrite the virus's DNA if it returns, preventing it from replicating.

The work may offer ways to target and adjust our own immune defense system for infections, says Yipp.

CRISPR is a technology based on a bacterial immune defense system which uses Cas9, a nuclease, to cut up foreign genetic material (e.g., viral RNA).

He started his current position as chairman of the department of Infection Biology in the year 2000 and since that time his research has been focused on the role of complement, a central innate immune defense system in health and disease.

A powerful prebiotic, Actigen promotes a healthy digestive system and works in concert with other nutrients to support immune defense systems.

Additionally, certain chemical sweeteners such as sucralose have been shown to destroy our healthy gut bacteria, which act as one of our primary immune defense systems.

All of this promoted the idea that amyloid - beta plaques weren't waste products in the brain, but rather were produced by an active immune defense system.

«The accelerator circuit gives CMV the powerful strategic advantage to outpace immune defense systems,» said Gladstone Staff Scientist Cynthia Bolovan - Fritts, PhD, the paper's other lead author.

C. Diff infections occur from bacteria invading the gut following the administration of some antibiotics that lower the body's intestinal immune defense systems.

These oils form part of our bodies» natural immune defense system, and are essential for optimum skin health.

Systemic enzyme blends work as a biological response modifier; working with the bodies own immune defense system to moderate inflammatory response.

Genomic engineering as a promising cancer therapeutic approach has experienced a tremendous surge since the discovery of the adaptive bacterial immune defense system «CRISPR» and its potential as a gene editing tool over a decade ago.

Thus in order to cross this important immune barrier fungal pathogens have developed highly sophisticated means to inactivate and block activation of this central innate immune defense system and to inhibit the action of newly generated immune effector compounds.

PREBIOTICS A powerful prebiotic, Actigen promotes a healthy digestive system and works in concert with other nutrients to support immune defense systems.

The MHC is a family of genes found in all vertebrates that encodes vital proteins in the immune defense system.

Antibodies are protein molecules that are an important part of the body's immune defense system, but can cause rejection of a transplanted organ.

Recent studies have shown that pathogenic bacteria possess an immune defense system against predators, and particularly against attacks by viruses (bacteriophages).

Now we realize that cancer is a failure of the body's immune defense system.

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