Sentences with phrase «particular pathogen»

There, it is believed that mammary gland receptors interpret the «baby spit backwash» for bacteria and viruses and, if they detect something amiss (i.e., the baby is sick or fighting off an infection), Mom's body will actually change the milk's immunological composition, tailoring it to the baby's particular pathogens by producing customized antibodies.

Infections, parasites, toxins, foreign objects among other causes can lead to similar symptoms; a test of the faeces to look for particular pathogen would be useful along with sensitivity testing.

(T cells and B cells are the two main weapons of the adaptive immune response, which enables the body to build long - lasting immunity against a particular pathogen.)

They cross-referenced the number of papers which dealt with a particular pathogen with the number of citations it attracted to give a score based on the amount of interest and need for scientific research into it.

«Through regular monitoring, if we know that a particular pathogen is affecting the crops and is becoming an outbreak, then farmers could organise a targeted treatment that only eradicates that pathogen, leaving the other parts of the ecosystem intact.»

One theory holds that this rapid reaction is simply a question of numbers: There are more T cells in the bloodstream primed to recognize a particular pathogen.

The nanoparticles provide a novel way to vaccinate people against a particular pathogen, such as, say, West Nile virus, without using the pathogen itself.

«Our results are very exciting ─ we are not just talking about one molecule in one particular pathogen but rather a building block which is shared by thousands of common virulence factors produced by many major pathogenic bacteria.

For the study, the researchers developed a computational simulation model to represent a single outbreak of a particular pathogen occurring at a restaurant.

Determining the source of any particular pathogen is not a straightforward task.

Adaptive or Acquired Immune System — Also known as the specific immune system, it is composed of highly specialized cells that, when working properly, are specific to a particular pathogen.

Titers are blood tests that quantify the antibodies to a particular pathogen (for example a virus such as Parvo or Distemper).

These components do not make the horse ill, but they do stimulate the horse's immune system to create antibodies customized to destroy those particular pathogens.

Vaccines are modified or killed versions of viruses and bacteria that help your cat fight off diseases by preparing the immune system to fend off a particular pathogens it may encounter in the future.

If, after a period of time, the immune system doesn't encounter this particular pathogen, it may lose or forget the ability to recognize what the pathogen looks like.

«Causal studies, which are used in clinical medical research,» they point out, «demonstrate the degree to which a particular pathogen or other agent affects people.