Sentences with phrase «immune system launches»

The immune system launches an attack on these toxins, which creates inflammation throughout the body.

At the first hint of a viral or bacterial invasion, the immune system launches an orchestrated front - line defense.

Not exact matches

The company said it will be the first to launch chocolate with probiotics in order to strengthen the immune system, and to improve the nutritional profile of its chocolate by reducing and balancing sugar and fat.

This process makes the formula less likely to cause allergic reactions since the baby's immune system won't launch an «attack» on those smaller proteins.

When kids are allergic to a food, their body treats the food like an invader and launches an immune - system attack.

She explains that food allergies happen when a person's immune system sees a protein as something foreign and it launches an inflammatory response to drive out the foreign matter.

So while a dog's immune system will simply overlook the intruder, a human's will recognize it and launch a massive attack.

And in 1994 she launched the series of experiments that would overturn long - held assumptions about the brain's splendid isolation from the immune system.

A phase 3 trial of lenalidomide / dexamethasone with elotuzumab (Empliciti ™), an antibody therapy that attacks myeloma cells directly and spurs the immune system to launch an attack of its own.

Since the 1960s, the medical community has gone back and forth as to whether the immune system could be made to launch an anti-tumor offensive.

Perhaps the immune system could use a pattern - recognition system to detect bacteria and viruses quickly, allowing it to immediately launch a response.

Once the antibody binds, the immune system sees the cell as foreign and launches an attack.

When the animals» immune systems identify a cancer cell, a genetic tweak allows their bodies to launch a massive attack of white blood cells that kills the budding tumor.

Immunity is key to long - term responses Knowing that the immune system is capable of recognizing distinctive features of cancer cells and launching a T cell attack against those tumor antigens, and that checkpoint blockade removes a roadblock to that attack, it's logical that these drugs should work against many tumor types.

So desirable is the zebrafish as a scientific model that the National Institutes of Health recently launched the NIH Zebrafish Initiative Website, offering funding for studies of cancer, cardiovascular, blood and pulmonary diseases, eye development and disease, gene function, circadian rhythms, aging, longevity, immune system development and function, addiction, hearing, balance, smell and taste.

If a patient is injected with stem cells taken from a donated embryo, his or her immune system may see the cells as foreign invaders and launch an attack against them.

LA JOLLA — When a receptor on the surface of a T cell — a sentry of the human immune system — senses a single particle from a harmful intruder, it immediately kicks the cell into action, launching a larger immune response.

City of Hope's Bart Roep, Ph.D., previously worked at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands, where he was instrumental in launching a phase 1 clinical trial for a vaccine that aims to spur the immune system to fight — and possibly cure — T1D.

It's because people with allergies have an immune system that is launching an immune response to harmless substances (like pollen), as if they are a threat to the body.

By using different strategies to bolster the immune system, researchers can get the immune system to better recognize cancer cells and launch a stronger attack.

I believe what happens is antibodies against food happen to be shaped so that they also bind to bodily tissues, launching a painful or disabling immune attack against your joints, your digestive system, or even your nervous system.

Under these difficult conditions, your immune system is less likely to properly complete all of its checks and balances, «tolerance» never develops, and the auto - antibodies can end up misleading your white blood cells into launching an attack against your own tissues.

What this means is that the bacteria in our digestive system can influence our body's systems on whether they should launch an immune attack.

Fluoride is so toxic elsewhere in the body that it's hardly surprising your immune system decides to launch an all - out assault against it.

The National Institutes of Health have recognized that the immune system can mistake healthy tissue as a harmful substance, spurring antibody production and launching an autoimmune disorder.

For example, the immune system test that we're doing is something that other companies have experimented with, completed, and launched.

Here's a look at what the market has to offer: Something From Everything Last year, Oxbow Animal Health launched its line of Natural Science supplements with five formulas, including a multi-vitamin, and herbal support formulas for the digestive system, urinary tract, immune system and joints.

A Vet student launched a vehement attack on my column about the vaccination debate, thereby proving how little they are taught about canine health and the immune system.

As the dog's immune system recognizes the allergen as a «foreign body» it launches its defenses to attack the allergen and repel it from the body.

The immune system revs as if it is launching a Saturn missile, using an incredible amount of energy, but is not always able to save your pet's life.

Studies have shown that oral bacteria, once launched into the bloodstream, seem able to fight off attacks by the immune system.

Studies have shown that oral bacteria, once launched into the bloodstream, seem able to survive attacks by the immune system.