Sentences with phrase «thwart infections»

«Zika antibodies from infected patient thwart infection in mice.»

But in December researchers published the first evidence that some plants have broken the code, allowing them to listen in on chatter and thwart infection.

Much of the credit goes to antibiotics, which have thwarted infections such as sepsis and group B strep that a preemie's immature immune system could not have fought on its own.

«If we find a kinase that regulates filopodial bridge formation or a kinase that facilitates virus surfing along a filopodium,» he says, these enzymes can be targeted to thwart infection.

In this way, the flaviviruses clamp down on the cell's responses to thwart infection, including deploying antiviral proteins.

When the treated mice were subsequently exposed to HSV - 2, the siRNAs thwarted infection by binding to and destroying the RNA of the virus.

Although the new findings about L2 create new challenges, they will also help researchers target the proteins better to thwart infection, Hafenstein said.

Not exact matches

Crona began thinking about rank orders while working with biologist Miriam Barlow on the problem of antibiotic cycling, by which hospital doctors rotate different antibiotics to thwart patient infections.

SAMHD1 isn't a molecular «good guy» or «bad guy» per se, but there are cases in which blocking its activity might thwart disease progression, said Li Wu, the study's senior author and a professor of veterinary biosciences and microbial infection and immunity in Ohio State's Center for Retrovirus Research.

Thwarting this shedding effect wouldn't stop infection or stifle the typical symptoms of RSV infection, but it might limit the virus's ability to spread into the tiniest airways, which are the most likely to be obstructed by cells shed during infection.

An outbreak of Guinea worm disease in dogs could thwart the anticipated eradication of the parasitic infection.

But the most promising candidates — compounds called vaginal microbicides that thwart the virus at the site of infection — have failed repeatedly in clinical trials.

These surface proteins are critical for infection and transmission, but when used in the vaccine, they teach the body how to make antibodies that can thwart the disease.

Indeed, some of the most interesting papers presented at the conference, which brought about 20,000 scientists to San Francisco last week, described innovative new polymers, the generic chemical term, that could help thwart ovarian cancer and infections, and regenerate damaged nerves.

Dogs with Lepto sometimes must be hospitalized, and fluid therapy to thwart dehydration is the primary treatment as well as an anti-vomiting drug for dogs that have been throwing up and prescribed antibiotics, depending on the infection.

While there's no foolproof way of thwarting ear infections, just remember that being proactive is the best prevention as a pet parent.