Sentences with phrase «removed by immune cells»

The molecule, called microRNA 29b, would be ineffective if delivered by injection alone, as it quickly becomes degraded in the bloodstream or picked up and removed by immune cells.

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Drugs that inhibit immune check - points such as PD - 1 are well known in the cancer field as being very efficient at restoring immune defences by removing the brake, enabling the immune cells to spring into action to reject the cancer cells.

Infected blood cells are removed by the immune system, he explains.

The challenge has been how to remove the molecular badges — A, B, and AB — that lie on the surface of the red blood cells and can trigger rejection by a patient's immune system.

The onset and progression of disease in inherited ALS is determined by the motor neurons and microglia, small immune cells in the spinal cord, which migrate through nerve tissue and remove damaged cells and debris.

Adoptive T cell transfer is an anticancer approach that enhances the natural cancer - fighting ability of the body's T cells by removing immune system cells, growing and / or making changes to them outside of the body, and then re-infusing them back into the patient.

The encapsulation device is designed to protect the cells from being destroyed by the immune system and allows the cell therapy to be removed and replaced as necessary.

-- Oxygenates cells by removing excess hydrogen, leaving more room for oxygen, which increases energy and improves immune function.