Sentences with phrase «immunological challenge»

Nutritional deficiencies or imbalances as well as exposures to various chemicals, drugs and toxins present a continual immunological challenge which can suppress immune function, especially in those animals genetically susceptible to immune dysfunction (immune deficiency, autoimmunity, allergies).

I went to a couple of history of science — I am very interested in history of science — there were some great sessions on Marie Curie and on the history of alchemy, and the hygiene hypothesis where you find that kids who are not exposed to enough of an immunological challenge when they are in the womb or very young can have higher rates of asthma and autoimmune conditions; and also some stuff on the Large Hadron Collider is going to be coming up.

Immunologists at the University of California, San Diego looked into the number of immunological challenges a person can respond to at one time.

Antioxidant status is a critical factor involved in developing a healthy immune system that can effectively respond to all immunological challenges.

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I hope that your baby will soon make the transition from nursing with the shield to nursing without, but regardless of when (or if) that happens, you can feel good about the fact that in spite of the challenges you encountered in the beginning, you are continuing to provide him with the many nutritional, immunological, and psychological benefits of breastfeeding.

The theoretical benefit for utilizing highly digestible «hypoallergenic» diets for patients with colitis includes reducing the digestive challenge to the large intestine and minimizing the likelihood of dietary antigens actually reaching the colon, thus lessening the likelihood of an immunological reaction.21 Several studies in the veterinary literature suggest that some patients may benefit from diets providing novel, highly digestible protein sources.9 - 11 One prospective study reported a resolution in clinical signs associated with idiopathic chronic colitis in 13 dogs fed rice and cottage cheese.