Sentences with phrase «of human immune system»

Take note, Tenney, of recent research suggesting that infestation with intestinal parasites improves the functioning of the human immune system.

DISCOVERY NEWS — May 6 — Basisnote and Scientific Match are developing technology to match couples based on the genetic components of the human immune system — and their odor.

A 1989 study conducted by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences revealed that Chlorella was able to increase production of spleen stem cells and bone marrow greatly improving the functioning of human immune system.

In addition, since CGF is related to the nucleic acid it also increases the activity of the most important cells of human immune system (T - and B - cells) which fight with viruses or cancer cells.

* It is important to note that the modified elimination diet is just one (of many) steps on the journey towards healing the intestine, which (in case you didn't know), is home for approximately 70 — 80 % of the human immune system, but I will save that topic for another day.

Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to find a medical website or a scientist that would at least attempt to explain this extremely weird behaviour of human immune system.

The fatal flaw of the human immune system, like any well - armed militia, is the ability to cause collateral damage as it performs its genetically programmed function.

One of these is lactoferrin, a multi-functional protein that is an important component of the human immune system.

• Disease - driving pathways that involve the human immune system are often targeted by antibodies, and Organ - Chips recreate complex interactions of different human cell types and aspects of the human immune system, overcoming limitations of animal models which do not reflect all human immune cells.

LA JOLLA — When a receptor on the surface of a T cell — a sentry of the human immune system — senses a single particle from a harmful intruder, it immediately kicks the cell into action, launching a larger immune response.

The age - associated decrease in functionality of the human immune system is thought to have a negative impact on the capacity to provide protection against infection, in turn leading to increased incidence of mortality.

Scientists are now equipped with a more detailed picture of the human immune system's response to influenza vaccination, thanks to the results of a new investigation.

By decreasing risk factors and harnessing the power of the human immune system, inflammation can be decreased, new cells can be generated and the body can function better.

Biochemists from McGill University are getting a good look at just how a specific enzyme that is part of the human immune system interacts with a certain group of bacteria that are described as gram - negative.

By 2008, when Moir stumbled on the parallels between amyloid - beta and LL - 37, Tanzi had discovered additional genes associated with Alzheimer's that were also related to innate immunity, the part of the human immune system that is shared with worms, flies, spiders and other primitive creatures.

In the first of two supplements, the origins of the human immune system come under the microscope

To cross the species barrier and establish themselves in the human population, influenza strains must acquire mutations that allow them to evade components of the human immune system, including, perhaps, the innate immune protein MxA.

«As a consequence of this research we have a greater understanding of a really subtle and new aspect of the human immune system.

They became, the authors argued, a more realistic model of the human immune system.

When the cancer - causing Epstein - Barr virus moves into a B - cell of the human immune system, it tricks the cell into rapidly making more copies of itself, each of which will carry the virus.

His to - do list includes spending long hours studying the basic regeneration processes of the human immune system and reading Stephen King novels to hone his English - language skills.

HIV - 1 integrates its own genome into the genome of human immune system cells known as CD4 + T cells, hijacking their cellular machinery to make more copies of itself.

His solution is to give computers the digital equivalent of the human immune system.

«The malfunction in this protein has not been previously linked to clinical disorders of the human immune system,» said Ivona Aksentijevich, M.D., staff scientist in NHGRI's Medical Genetics Branch and study co-author.

Masopust agrees, noting that the study never explored whether the dirty mice were better mimics of the human immune system.

Opsona Therapeutics, for example, a drug development company focusing on the regulation of the human immune system, was founded in Dublin in 2004 by three immunologists at Trinity College Dublin.

In this study, the Hiroshima University researchers developed an animal model using severely immunodeficient mice whose livers were partially populated with human cells, in order to reconstruct elements of the human immune system.

The current test is only able to analyze part of the human immune system, namely the B - cells but not the T - cells, which are needed as helper cells to fight the infection and whose activity indicates the presence of an infection.

Dr Tomi Pastinen, senior author on the second study, from McGill University said: «We have created an expansive, high - resolution atlas of variations that deepens our understanding of the interplay between the genetic and epigenetic machinery that drives the three primary cells of the human immune system.

For the first time, it could be demonstrated with smoking pregnant women and their children, how exposure to tobacco smoke affects the development of human immune system on molecular level.

He had been following the emerging science of immunotherapy, which is the use and augmentation of the human immune system to fight disease.

Not exact matches

It turns out that these long - lived fishes, who are our ancient evolutionary cousins, share the core of an adaptive immune system with human beings.

On the other hand, many species have peacefully coevolved with humans for hundreds of thousands of years to play essential roles in digestion and in bolstering the immune system.

What it does: This bacteria is most notorious for causing severe illnesses such as tuberculosis, leprosy, and Hansen's disease, though most species of mycobacteria in nature are benign in humans, unless in cases of those who have weakened immune systems.

«We suspected that the young are most vulnerable because of their immature immune systems, but we didn't have a lot of hard evidence to show that before,» said study lead author Bo Hang, a Berkeley Lab staff scientist who previously found that thirdhand smoke could lead to genetic mutations in human cells.

Hoping to learn something about how the human body defends itself against cancer, he had zeroed in on a complex regiment of lymphocytes called T cells, common to the immune systems in both mouse and man.

THE ELUSIVE LIQUID BIOPSY Intervention Track Ballroom C1 Every protein fragment, every strand of microRNA, every sentence and mis - sentence of DNA, every immune system marker, every signature of disease in the human being.

Behe (the author of Darwin's Black Box) once said also that the human immune system is irreducibly complex.

The 36 - year - old told the Times that his own asthma and food allergies triggered his interest in the ability of the human body's immune system to fight diseases.

the first one being that the immune systems of animals are much stronger than humans.

If there is any public policy proposition that a pluralistic system must agree upon — for the protection of all its members — it is that human life must be immune from arbitrary violation by other humans.

A simple piece of pottery... You mean to tell me that you can look at a human being with all the cells and DNA, immune system etc, and in your right mind say that that human being just happened?

Humans would have greatly benefited from an immune system like that of the crocodile.

Autoimmunity is commonly caused by bacterial infections or overgrowth in the small intestine, in which partially digested food compounds are incorporated into bacterial cell walls and then the immune system, reacting to the bacteria, forms antibodies that also recognize food compounds, some of which might cross-react with human counterparts.

I think this is unwise, personally, because the role of fermentable fibers, including RS, in the evolution of the human gut biome / immune system has been monumental and frankly irreplaceable.

Additional human clinical research suggests that Suntheanine may have application in diminishing normal symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), improving learning performance, heightening mental acuity, promoting concentration, reducing negative side effects of caffeine and supporting the immune system.

Beets — the colorful root crop native to the Mediterranean region and enjoyed by humans since Roman times — are one of nature's nutritional powerhouses, delivering nutrients that support a healthy circulatory and immune system.

While not a lot of research can tell us the effects of BPA on humans, studies on animals suggest it may be dangerous to brain development, the reproductive system, and the immune system.

According to the The Telegraph, among other news outlets, scientists in China have introduced human genes into a herd of cows whose milk contains some of the same properties as breast milk: higher fat content and two human proteins, lysozyme and lactoferrin, which help babies» immune systems.

I've read (in Scientific American I believe) recent research suggesting that H Pylori helps regulate the human immune system (for its own gain, of course, but ours too by suppressing auto - immune diseases).