Sentences with phrase «of protection against infection»

Several vaccines are available and these generally appear to provide a valuable level of protection against infection.

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Yes, I know that boys are statistically more likely to get sick, and yes, the protection of breast - feeding against ear infections means less than 3 per year -LRB-!)

The Series confirms the benefits of breastfeeding in fewer infections, increased intelligence, probable protection against overweight and diabetes, and cancer prevention for mothers.

Certain elements in breastmilk are not in artificial baby milk (formula) even though we have known of their importance to the baby for several years — for example, antibodies and cells for protection of the baby against infection, and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal development of the baby's vision and brain.

Formula provides nutrition, but it is not a living substance like breastmilk, adapting to the baby's stage of development, providing protection against infections to which mother and baby are exposed, and contributing to development in ways that are still not understood.

Breast milk, a living substance, adapts to the baby's stage of development, it provides protection against infections which mother and baby are exposed to and contributes to development in ways which are still not fully understood.

Of course, LAM offers no protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

«Introducing solid foods early means that the baby gets less breast milk over the course of their infancy, and that decreases the ability to get optimal benefits, like protection against infection,» said Dr. Alice Kuo, from the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities.

Breastfeeding is the best nutrition for all infants because of breast milk's unique properties.1 It is more than just good nutrition2 as it offers infection protection, 3 immunologic protection3 and protection against allergies, but most important is its impact on physical4 and mental development.

Exclusive breastfeeding is sufficient to support optimal growth and development for approximately the first 6 months of life and provides continuing protection against diarrhea and respiratory tract infection....

In addition to providing protection against infections that may promote atopic disease, breast - feeding also promotes the establishment of an intestinal microbiota that may protect against atopic disease, possibly by stimulating tolerogenic cytokines, such as TGF - β, or stimulating a Th1 response (47).

Breast feeding is clearly an issue for public health consideration as it provides significant protection against infections in newborns and infants.12 Because breast feeding has been shown to protect against infections so profoundly in developing countries, it is estimated that an increase in breast feeding worldwide by 40 % would reduce deaths from respiratory infection by 50 % in children less than 18 months of age.3

Here, the most important advantages are protection against infection, and, where the infant's own mother supplies most of the milk, a continued flow and ultimate success in direct breastfeeding.

«The research shows that infection provides excellent protection against reinfection,» said Stephen Higgs, director of the Biosecurity Research Institute.

«There are four distinct strains of dengue virus, and infection with one does not provide lasting protection against the others,» Professor Cooper said.

Previous infection with one serotype of dengue, or protection against just one serotype, can lead to more severe disease if a person contracts other serotypes, so it's vital that vaccines are available that specifically target all four strains.

Pregnant women with a previous history of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV - 1) infection maintain active antibodies against the virus, and researchers have found that this protection can pass to the nervous systems of their offspring.

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV infection provides lasting protection against the sexual transmission of the virus from infected men and women to their HIV - uninfected sexual partners, investigators from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) reported today at the 8th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Vancouver, Canada.

A 2012 study in Gastroenterology found that consumption of fish rich in omega - 3 fatty acids was associated with protection against the development of liver cancer in patients with hepatitis B or hepatitis C infections.

A gene associated with both protection against bacterial infection and excessive blood clotting could offer new insights into treatment strategies for deep - vein thrombosis — the formation of a harmful clot in a deep vein.

Focusing on health outcomes, particularly protection against sexually transmitted infections, rather than penile sensitivity, the American policy statement supports routine circumcision of newborn males, while the Canadian policy does not.

«The ability of MMV048 to block all life cycle stages of the malaria parasite, offer protection against infection as well as potentially block transmission of the parasite from person to person suggests that this compound could contribute to the eradication of malaria, a disease that claims the lives of several hundred thousand people every year,» said Professor Chibale, Founder and Director of H3D, founding Director of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Drug Discovery Research Unit at UCT, and senior author of the paper.

New research conducted by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that higher levels of antibody against a different flu surface protein — neuraminidase (NA)-- were the better predictor of protection against flu infection and its unpleasant side effects.

Higher levels of HA antibodies in a person's body have long been associated with greater protection against influenza infection.

This «suggests that antibodies specific for this conserved region could provide protection against multiple toxin - mediated clostridium infections and points to a generalizable strategy for generating safe vaccine antigens for this class of toxins,» they concluded.

The vaccine elicited specific anti-Hp0410 IgG antibodies in serum, and showed «a significant increase» in the level of protection against gastric Helicobacter infection, according to the report.

RING OF PROTECTION Two large studies find that a vaginal ring containing an antiviral drug can help protect women against HIV infection.

These results show that a two - dose schedule should confer a similar level of protection against HPV infections and subsequent development of cervical lesions and cancer as the current three - dose schedule.

A mutation already well known for conferring protection against a type of malaria appears, paradoxically, to dramatically increase the risk of HIV infection.

However, high levels of a different type of envelope - binding antibody belonging to the IgA family were associated with a lack of protection against HIV infection.

Knowing the answer is important both as a matter of basic immunology and because NK cells, as crucial members of the body's first line of infection defense, are often the subjects of efforts to harness the immune system in protection against infections and cancer.

However, studies of children in developing countries, where most cases occur, found that measles vaccination reduces the overall death rate from infections for up to 5 years, suggesting that preventing the disease somehow provides protection against other illnesses.

However, studies have suggested that iron deficiency anemia may offer protection against malaria infection and that the provision of iron may increase malaria morbidity and mortality,» according to background information in the article.

Using improved understanding of those antibodies and the specific sites on HIV to which they bind, the natural process of antibody evolution could be replicated and greatly expedited allowing protection against initial infection.

A key challenge of treating these cancers has been to identify a way of eliminating the abnormal T - cells whilst sparing the healthy ones that play an essential role in providing protection against infections.

A second experiment showed that the drugs - plus - DNA therapy reduced bacterial growth from a secondary infection, and in one of seven animals, it gave «complete protection» to the lungs against reinfection.

New research in mice offers evidence that some of those bacteria — called Clostridia — provide key protection against infection, in addition to helping digest food.

This suggests that combined treatment of mature CD4 + T cells with X4 - ZFNs and R5 - ZFNs can provide permanent protection against HIV - 1 infection.

While infection with one type of dengue will provide lifelong protection against that type, the pre-existing antibodies increase the risk for severe disease during a second infection with a different type.

Evaluations of an inactivated whole virus vaccine in ferrets and nonhuman primates and a virus - like - particle vaccine in mice induced protection against infection but challenged animals exhibited an immunopathologic - type lung disease.

To be certain the Th2 type immunopathology was elicited by the S protein vaccine in our studies and in hopes a greater immune response would result from higher dosages of the vaccine and induce greater protection against infection as well as reduce or prevent the immunopathology, our experiment 2 used up to 9 µg of the S protein for immunization.

Similar to these projects, IDRI's subunit tuberculosis vaccine, ID93, also utilizes adjuvants that induce a cell - mediated immune response, which is required for protection against M. tuberculosis infection in low dose aerosol models of TB.

Infection with one DENV only provides long - lasting protection against that serotype; sequential infection with multiple different DENV serotypes is therefore possible, and, because of the increasing global circulation of DENV, this has been occurring with increasing frequency in tropical areas of tInfection with one DENV only provides long - lasting protection against that serotype; sequential infection with multiple different DENV serotypes is therefore possible, and, because of the increasing global circulation of DENV, this has been occurring with increasing frequency in tropical areas of tinfection with multiple different DENV serotypes is therefore possible, and, because of the increasing global circulation of DENV, this has been occurring with increasing frequency in tropical areas of the world.

This premature enthusiasm has more recently given way to caution as the technology has gradually been transferred to humans, with only limited short - term success.3 Finally, since HIV usually enters the body through mucosal surfaces — the vagina and rectum — augmenting an immune response at these portals of entry by using what scientists call mucosal AIDS vaccines might be an additional way to improve protection against infection.

We have defined the latter mechanism of protection against DENV infection to be the type I IFN receptor - STAT2 pathway, and revealed that the type I IFN receptor - STAT2 pathway, in the absence of STAT1, modulates type I IFN production and interferon - stimulated gene (ISG) response in a delayed manner.

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.

Preclinical studies of vaccine candidates have typically shown post-infection virologic control, but protection against acquisition of infection has previously only been reported using less rigorous viral challenges.

The Wistar Institute was awarded a $ 1,494,972 grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance a DNA - based vaccine candidate for protection against malarial infection utilizing a synthetic DNA platform created in the lab of David B. Weiner, Ph.D., executive vice president, director of the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center at The Wistar Institute and the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Professor in Cancer Research.

As a real - life example, septic patients (who have widespread bacterial infections) have low levels of a particular microRNA found on the X chromosome, the researchers said.Thus, this particular microRNA may offer some protection against sepsis.

People over the age of 60 don't mount as robust of an immune response when vaccinated and the protection against infection is often weaker.