Allergies are true immune system phenomena in which the cat's
immune system attacks specific substances it has mistaken for invaders.
Not exact matches
Previously, Derek Danahy of the University of Iowa and colleagues showed that sepsis disrupts the
immune system by reducing the amount and function of memory T cells that circulate throughout the body, recognizing and
attacking specific bacteria, viruses, or cancer cells.
Researchers at Penn State have combined the two approaches by taking biodegradable polymer nanoparticles encapsulated with cancer - fighting drugs and incorporating them into
immune cells to create a smart, targeted
system to
attack cancers of
specific types.
Although Coley couldn't explain precisely why or how his toxins worked, modern immunotherapy treatments help T - cells in the
immune system to recognize
specific cancer cells and
attack them.
T cells, along with B cells and others, comprise the adaptive arm of the
immune system, the body's second line of defense which quickly
attacks and «remembers»
specific pathogens.
Scientists identified the
specific proteins secreted by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii that cause the
immune system in mice to
attack established ovarian tumors.
But if the
immune system is indeed
attacking the corneal protein identified by the Cantor group, the discovery could «in principle allow us to disrupt or arrest this component» of the
attack, says M. Reza Dana, an ophthalmologist and ocular immunologist at Harvard Medical School, perhaps by inactivating the
specific set of
immune cells responsible for it.
Filled with tumor -
specific proteins and implanted under the skin, the porous plastic disk David Mooney developed reprograms the body's
immune system to
attack tumors.
Flu vaccines train this adaptive
immune system to
attack specific viral strains.
The hallmark of vertebrate
immune systems is their ability to «remember» an infection and mount
specific attacks against microbial invaders the next time they come knocking.
Vaccines work by priming the «adaptive»
immune system to recognize and
attack a
specific invader.
A better strategy, Watts and colleagues reasoned, might be to target BACE1 with antibodies,
immune system sharpshooters that can be designed to
attack very
specific molecular targets.
Using this approach,
immune cells are taken from a patient's bloodstream, reprogrammed to recognize and
attack a
specific protein found in cancer cells, then reintroduced into the patient's
system, where they get to work destroying targeted tumor cells.
The idea behind a vaccine is simple: by exposing the
immune system to a tell - tale piece of pathogen, the
immune system is alerted to danger and mounts a
specific attack against invaders that have this trait.
Cancer vaccines are designed to stimulate an
immune response against tumor -
specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the
immune system to
attack cancer cells bearing these antigens.
Therapeutic vaccines are designed to elicit an
immune response against tumor -
specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the
immune system to
attack cancer cells bearing these antigens.
Therapeutic cancer vaccines are designed to elicit an
immune response against tumor -
specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the
immune system to
attack cancer cells bearing these antigens.
So, so many of the thyroid — so many thyroid conditions are actually brought upon by autoimmunity, meaning your
immune system is making
specific antibodies that are
attacking the thyroid gland.
Antibodies themselves are highly
specific proteins which are utilised by the
immune system to locate and
attack foreign objects to fight off the molecules, as they are perceived as «antigens», and antigens are substances which are capable of triggering the production of antibodies.
As a result, the
immune system attacks and destroys
specific parts of the body, such as the thyroid gland.
Our
immune system is revved up and produces antibodies and
specific white blood cells known as eosinophils to help
attack the various critters.
The
immune system learns from the experience, and if in the future the cat ever comes under
attack from real organisms of that
specific disease, its
immune system is already organized to recognize and repel them.
As it only exists on the Ethereum Blockchain, the
system is
immune to
attacks such as DDoS or other address -
specific attacks.