Sentences with phrase «use against lung»

In addition to melanoma, the infusion drugs already have been approved for use against lung and kidney cancers.

Last year, the FDA approved for use against lung cancer two antibody - based therapies that block PD - 1.

Not exact matches

Doctors advise against using powder as it can get into baby's tender lungs.

Although it didn't prove effective against leukemia, a synthetic version of camptothecin is used to treat ovarian, lung and

Spain's top cancer scientist is fighting with the government over a plan to use private funding to develop drugs against lung cancer — and both parties have chosen the media as their battleground.

A related paper on the potential use of FAK inhibitors against lung cancer was recently published in JCI Insight by Marcus and his colleagues.

Now Sheppard's team has shown that neutrophils also use this tactic against fungal infections in the lungs (PLoS Pathogens, doi.org/8qx).

And Tiktaalik's lungs, which evolved from the air bladders fish use for respiration and buoyancy control, are housed in a sturdy overlapping rib cage, the better to buttress the animal's weight against gravity.

Two clinical trials that used antibodies to block PD - 1 and PD - L1, a related molecule that binds to PD - 1, resulted in significant and long lasting responses against melanoma skin cancer, renal cell (kidney) cancer, and lung cancer.

Frozen sections of lung and colon tissues from wild - type mice and Slc6a14 − / − mice were also used for immunofluorescence analysis of Slc6a14 protein expression with an antibody raised against a mouse peptide sequence [17].

Exposure to linalool, a terpene found in flowers and spice plants, decreased inflammatory damage in the lungs of smoke - exposed mice.12 Linalool is found in lavender and basil, and in keeping with terpenes ability to defend against plant prey, is used by exterminators as an insecticide.

However, colloidal silver used via a nebulizer is reported to be extremely effective against many different types of lung infections; the colloidal silver is delivered directly to the site of the infection where bacterial counts are rapidly reduced.

Recent attempts on extensive trials of cancer vaccines, using viral structures or substructures against several cancers such as cervices, prostate, lung, pancreatic and skin also failed to produce the overall protective clinical outcomes

Attributing death due to lung cancer was important in turning the tide against unfettered tobacco use in this country.