Sentences with phrase «invading the cells rather»

These oral prescription antibiotics are used if the bacteria your pet has in their ears are invading the cells rather than living outside the cells: quinolones, azithromycin, and clindamycin.

Not exact matches

As more reports appear of a grim «post-antibiotic era» ushered in by the rise of drug - resistant bacteria, a new strategy for fighting infection is emerging that targets a patient's cells rather than those of the invading pathogens.

The research suggests that reducing production of the protein, called myoferlin, affects cancer cells in two primary ways: by changing the activation of many genes involved in metastasis in favor of normal cell behavior, and by altering mechanical properties of cancer cells — including their shape and ability to invade — so they are more likely to remain nested together rather than breaking away to travel to other tissues.

The fact that the hemocytes can be seen in their normal positions within the embryo reveals that these cells do not have to actively migrate toward the invading bacteria but rather are able to recognize and bind the bacteria as they are washed over them in the extra-cellular space.

Rather than fight the infection after it invades, particular changes to cell membrane receptors can completely prevent plague bacteria from infecting cells.