Sentences with phrase «successful immune attack»

Orchestrating a successful immune attack against tumors has proven difficult so far, but a new study from MIT suggests that such therapies could be improved by simultaneously activating both arms of the immune system.

Not exact matches

Historically, clinicians evaluating a patient for transplant have sought to identify donor cells that are perfectly matched to the patient's cell type, which is considered to be the optimal approach to help ensure successful outcomes and to minimize risk of graft - versus - host disease (GVHD), a serious and potentially life - threatening complication that occurs when the donated immune cells attack the patient's cells as foreign tissue.

Normal microorganisms in the intestines appear to play a pivotal role in how the HIV virus foils a successful attack from the body's immune system, according to new research from Duke Medicine.

Instead of working through antibody - mediated immunity, Liang says successful prophylactic vaccines against the virus might have to work through cell - mediated immunity, which means immune cells are taught to attack infected cells.

They found these lesions were as small as those in the CD74 deficient mice, further supporting the hypothesis that the treatment was successful because it stops the immune system from attacking the brain.

A successful jab would stimulate the body to create more immune cells capable of attacking the virus and could be effective at preventing new strains that cross into humans from birds and pigs, according to scientists.

«Ipilimumab provides a way to overcome one of the most potent barriers to successful cancer immunotherapy — the ability of cancer to selectively suppress the response of immune cells to the cancer and shut down immune attack,» says Lloyd J. Old, M.D., director of the CRI Scientific Advisory Council.