Sentences with phrase «immunological tolerance»

Immunological tolerance refers to the body's ability to recognize and accept its own cells and substances as "self" rather than attacking them as foreign invaders. It is a crucial process that helps maintain a balanced and healthy immune system. Full definition
Since then he has continued to investigate new strategies to overcome the major hurdles to safe and effective gene transfer, translate then into new therapeutic strategies for genetic disease and cancer, and allowed new insights into hematopoietic stem cell function, induction of immunological tolerance and tumor angiogenesis.
«If you can prevent antibody formation in the first place, by finding some way of producing immunological tolerance that gets around that type of protocol, that would be a major advantage,» says David Lillicrap, a clinician and researcher who specializes in bleeding disorders at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
I found his work on peripheral immunological tolerance to be fascinating and close to my own interests.
Co-discovered acquired immunological tolerance, working with Peter Medawar and Rupert Billingham, which led to a Nobel Prize in 1960.
Using ES cell - derived hematopoietic cells to achieve mixed chimerism would provide the opportunity to accomplish immunological tolerance without the need for harsh host pre-conditioning.
«Immunological tolerance was discovered more than 60 years ago.»
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