Sentences with phrase «with weakened immune responses»

Cancer patients with weakened immune responses have exhibited significant decreases in stress and anxiety which contribute both to a positive emotional response as well as physiological.

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Vaccination is based on the principle, developed by Edward Jenner in 1796, whereby the body's immune system, inoculated with a killed or weakened pathogen, naturally creates a protective response to the disease.

We subconsciously respond to treatment — even a sham one — because it comes with assurances that it will weaken the infection, allowing our immune response to succeed rapidly without straining the body's resources.

Biotoxins that dolphins had accumulated in their blubber may also have been released as the weakened mammals broke down their fat for sustenance, flooding their systems with toxins that hamper an immune response.

The «primer» pandemic influenza vaccine — made from live but weakened virus — introduces the immune system to H7N9 influenza virus, and subsequent vaccination with the «booster» inactivated virus vaccine recalls a more robust immune response.

It seems as though invasion - front toads have weakened immune responses — that seems to be a likely reason why they are so vulnerable to the arthritis - and we are following up this lead with studies on how toads react to infection in terms of their behaviour and physiology (by Dave Llewelyn) as well as looking at the actual processes by which they combat infection.

These drugs suppress the immune system so that it won't trigger the inflammatory response, but they leave you with a weakened immune system and at risk for other illnesses.

But people with underlying health conditions such as liver disease, diabetes, stomach disorders, or other conditions that weaken the body's typical immune response are at a higher risk of more serious complications or even death, according to the FDA.