Sentences with phrase «infections by»

In fact, in the same issue of PNAS, a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of California, Irvine report success in preventing gut infections by vaccinating mice against Salmonella using siderophores made by those bacteria.

In 2009, MHRP announced results of an Army - sponsored clinical trial in Thailand that demonstrated for the first time a modest ability to protect against HIV infection, reducing the number of infections by 31.2 percent.

Washington, DC (Scicasts)-- Infections by microbes like bacteria and fungi that don't respond to available antimicrobial treatments pose an increasingly dangerous public health threat around the world.

Magnus Manske, Olivo Miotto et al (2012) Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing.

Patients present in infancy recurrent, persistent infections by opportunistic organisms.

Also, inapparent infections by iridescent viruses may involve a low density of IIV particles in infected host cells [46], so without sensitive techniques such as MSP, it is not surprising that infections in CCD bee colonies were previously missed.

Noncytolytic control of viral infections by the innate and adaptive immune response.

Antibodies are produced by the body's B cells to fight off infections by bacteria, viruses, and other invasive pathogens.

The virulence of TMAdV in healthy and apparently immunocompetent titi monkeys (83 % case fatality rate) is highly unusual for infections by adenovirus.

When all else fails, neutrophil cells can fight infections by releasing nets of their own genetic material, studded with antimicrobial compounds

For the past 20 years, Zlotnick's lab has conducted research to stop viral infections by studying the physics of viruses, focusing on how capsids are formed.

They are also further investigating the rate of viral evolution during persistent infections by sequencing Ebola virus genomes from the semen of disease survivors.

The analysis used data from 25 clinical trials and found that vitamin D supplements can cut the proportion of people getting respiratory infections by 12 per cent (BMJ, doi.org/bzw7).

In a previous study, Duke University biologist Xinnian Dong and colleagues discovered that plants fend off potential fungal infections by boosting their defenses in the morning, when many fungi are likely to release their spores and launch an attack.

This finding by Shoji's group opens new doors to treat P. aeruginosa infections by using an unprecedented approach to inhibit the growth of bacteria.

In 2012, Rik de Swart of Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and colleagues revealed that the measles virus kills large numbers of memory cells, white blood cells that prevent subsequent infections by the same pathogen.

Australia's AIDS epidemic is over, and the country could virtually eliminate HIV infections by 2020, according to an announcement released today by a team of researchers and community experts ahead of the 21st International AIDS Conference, set to begin next Sunday in Durban, South Africa.

As a part of the innate immune system, Cd14 helps the body respond to bacterial infections by producing a protein that binds to lipopolysaccharides within the outer membranes of some bacteria.

The system creates a genetic memory of specific past infections by viruses and plasmids, which are small mobile DNA molecules that can move between organisms.

PANS is a new name for an old idea: that infections by bacteria, viruses or parasites can cause the sudden onset of neuropsychiatric ailments such as Tourette's and obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).

It therefore appears that the virus does not survive for a long time in one herd and that it should be possible to reduce the number of infections by preventing the herds becoming re-infected.

The researchers estimated that if an average - sized GP practice with 7,000 patients reduced its antibiotic prescribing to people with respiratory tract infections by 10 per cent, there could be one extra case of pneumonia each year.

Secondary infections On the other hand, pathologists have noticed another factor that could be a handmaiden in the killings: a plethora of secondary infections by fungi, bacteria and parasites.

With an exponential rate of spread, there may have been about 100,000 infections by the time the first cases were reported in 1981.

If it were achieved in the real world, it would more than surpass the United States» National HIV / AIDS Strategy goal, which is to reduce new infections by 25 percent by 2020.

The new insights may one day help prevent infections by related viruses — some of which are linked to cancers in humans.

At the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, when the antibiotic gentamicin was no longer given for infections by a variety of resistant gut bacteria, including E. coli, the levels of resistance dropped accordingly.

Although RNAi was known as a major antiviral mechanism in plants by that time, few believed it was also true in the animal kingdom, which was known to fight viral infections by many other well - defined mechanisms.

CCA is associated with multiple risk factors that are geographically distinct — choledocal cysts and primary sclerosing cholangitis have been implicated in the development of CCA in Western populations, while infections by the liver fluke parasite have resulted in higher incidence of CCA in Southeast Asia.

The results had high statistical significance, and Baeten said both drugs worked «comparably» in uninfected men and women, although he would not specify the number of infections by gender in different arms of the study.

Furthermore, new antiviral drugs are required for rapid treatment of acute infections by viruses like Marburg and Ebola viruses during acute viral outbreaks.

So tenofovir reduced infections by 62 %, Truvada by 73 %.

H3N2 influenza viruses typically hit this age group particularly hard and have been associated with higher mortality than infections by H1N1 or influenza B viruses.

«Combination HIV prevention reduces new infections by 42 percent in Ugandan district: Study provides evidence for implementing this approach broadly.»

In tomorrow's Nature, a team led by immunologist Rolf Zinkernagel from the University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, suggests that animals may gain lifelong immunity to some viral infections by retaining a bit of viral DNA inside their cells like a souvenir.

They detect infections by finding remnants of viruses or bacteria as fragments bound to HLAs.

Nibbering and a team of Dutch collaborators are trying to combat these biofilm - associated infections by improving on a human peptide called LL - 37, which helps regulate the body's immune response.

Zika virus, which spreads among humans via mosquitoes, causes illness characterized like many other viral infections by fever, rash and joint pain.

In additional tests, the scientists found they could restore the norovirus infections by transplanting fecal material from untreated mice into mice that earlier had been treated with the antibiotics.

These cells produce antibodies in reaction to infections by bacteria, viruses and other invaders.

Today's announcements build on Governor Cuomo's 2014 plan to significantly reduce HIV infections by the end of 2020 and achieve the first - ever decrease in HIV prevalence.

Breastfeeding helps protect against these and other infections by providing antibodies and other protective factors, minimizing exposure to pathogens, and ensuring optimum nutrition.

This type of vitamin helps in catering to different kinds of functions like healing, enhancing bone structure, blood vessels, muscles, healing, cartilage and resisting infections by absorbing enough iron.

Human Nature Baby Oil Studies show that massaging your baby with sunflower oil lessens the risk of developing skin infections by 41 % *.

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The mucus causes a specific function and with the right amount helps to protect us from infections by keeping the airway damp and fresh.

Babies are screened for these infections by placing a plastic bag in their diaper area and catching a urine sample.

Giving one strains of lactobacillus to infants and children seems to reduce the chance of upper airway infections by about 38 %.

Mothers can further reduce the risk of infections by performing home pasteurization of donated milk prior to giving it to her infant; however, pasteurization can decrease some of the beneficial components of human milk.

Oh yes, my niece had about 7 ear infections by age 2, and my coworker's son was hospitalized with pneumonia during his first year — both exclusively breast fed!