«Perhaps we can also combine resident memory T cells with other therapies
such as checkpoint modulators (PD1 blockade) that would ensure a more
hospitable environment for the reinfused cells.»
«For one thing, climate change and rising carbon dioxide levels have created an
environment that's more
hospitable to the growth of allergens
such as mold,» says Jay Portnoy, MD, director of allergy, asthma and immunology at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. «What's more, we're living in cleaner indoor
environments these days, so our immune systems go into overdrive when we're exposed to something unfamiliar, like dust mites or fur.»
We depend, for example, on the earth's climate system for an
environment hospitable to agriculture, on the hydrological cycle to provide us with fresh water, and on long - term geological processes to convert rocks into the soil that has made the earth
such a biologically productive planet.