Sentences with phrase «immunosuppressant drugs prevent»

Commonly used immunosuppressant drugs prevent rapid - onset, acute GVHD but not persistent, long - lasting, chronic GVHD, which may cause severe disability and death.

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In humans, Lagasse is banking on immunosuppressant drugs to prevent rejection.

Sutures across the implanted cornea temporarily held it in place, and the recipients were put on immunosuppressant drugs for six weeks to prevent it being rejected.

Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant drug which can be used to help prevent organ rejection after transplantation.

Inhibitory control Other strategies being pursued to prevent the formation of inhibitors of clotting - factor therapy include immunosuppressants and drugs that deplete specific immune cells.

Following a tissue graft transplant — such as that of the face, hand, arm or leg — it is standard for doctors to immediately give transplant recipients immunosuppressant drugs to prevent their body's immune system from rejecting and attacking the new body part.

In 1994, Schreiber and co-workers discovered that the proteins FKBP12 and mTOR are the simultaneous targets of the small molecule rapamycin, now approved for use as an immunosuppressant drug given to patients after organ transplantations to help prevent rejection.

The drug, rapamycin, is an immunosuppressant used to treat certain cancers and also to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients.