Sentences with phrase «immunosuppression allows»

Now, improved immunosuppression allows increased use of biologically dissimilar but emotionally related kidney donors, such as a spouse.

Not exact matches

Although changes in treatment methodology still have to be studied, Dr. Cripe believes it may be that the timing of various treatments is what matters, and that perhaps initially suppressing immunity could allow the virus to infect a large number of tumor cells before relieving the immunosuppression to allow the body's own T cells to fight off the tumor.

This is a desirable feature for a helper drug as it would reduce the risk of treatment failure due to factors other than antibiotic resistance (e.g. biofilms, immunosuppression, etc.), allow dose reduction for toxic antibiotics such as colistin, and possibly even prevent selection of resistant mutants» says Guardabassi.

Cough suppressants are not recommended in more severe cases because there is a risk of immunosuppression that will not allow extra fluid or mucous to drain out.