How to Use immunosuppression in a Sentence

immunosuppression

noun
  • His son had a heart transplant and is on immunosuppression drugs.
    Laura Pappano, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2020
  • And then there’s the fact that a reused kidney would have already been exposed to immunosuppression drugs, which could have damaged it.
    Matthew Berger, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • People with other forms of immunosuppression should check with their doctor for advice.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 May 2021
  • Among all side effects, the researchers found that 10% were considered to be associated with the gene therapy and 24% with the immunosuppression.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • For those living with immunosuppression, new measures to stop a novel strain of the coronavirus are really old measures.
    Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • But in middle age, there’s a slight uptick in the number of women—in particular, pregnant women in the midst of a nine-month immunosuppression stint—that go to the emergency room for influenza side effects.
    Eleanor Cummins, Slate Magazine, 12 Dec. 2017
  • These aren’t the only drugs that cause immunosuppression, however.
    Popular Science, 18 May 2020
  • Since the diagnosis, Gonzalo has kept up with immunosuppression treatments that have slowly raised his blood cell counts.
    Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
  • The next step, researchers say, is to use the same combination of genetic engineering and immunosuppression to fully replace a baboon heart with a pig heart.
    Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2014
  • The city’s Department of Public Health says vaccine trials have shown that those with moderate to severe immunosuppression can benefit from a third dose.
    Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Those most at risk are usually age extremes (young or old), those with immunosuppression, and those staying in hospitals for a prolonged period.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Later that same year, long-term immunosuppression was achieved by combining azathioprine with steroids.
    Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Her research carried the hope of helping to create treatments to decrease the immunosuppression of T cells, especially among older people.
    New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The researchers say this state of immunosuppression could make cardiac tissue more vulnerable.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022
  • One important clue is that diabetes is very common in India—and diabetes is the major risk factor for becoming ill from the fungal infection, along with other types of immunosuppression.
    Judy Stone, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • The results suggested that immunosuppression in the placenta related to maternal cannabis use may increase the risk of mental health problems in early childhood such as higher anxiety, the authors said.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Ramsay Hunt is caused by times of high stress or immunosuppression, as well as by immunosuppressant drugs or other underlying conditions.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 10 June 2022
  • With aging, malnutrition, immunosuppression, and long-term diseases, the immune system loses the ability to adapt to novelty.
    USA Today, 29 July 2020
  • The recipients who were most likely to develop an immune response were younger than age 60, did not take anti-metabolites for immunosuppression and received the Moderna vaccine.
    Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2021
  • All 36 participants who died had at least four risk factors, things like being 65 and older, or with immunosuppression or other underlying conditions.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Diana spent months receiving chemotherapy, immunosuppression, and dialysis treatments, and about five years on a low-sodium, low-potassium diet.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Patients who did not develop an antibody response were older, had a higher degree of immunosuppression and had lower kidney function than patients who had an antibody response, according to the study.
    Washington Post, 23 June 2021
  • There's evidence from rodents that this effect can include suppressing the immune system, so the team behind the work developed a protocol in rodents that could specifically drive immunosuppression through the placebo effect.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2018
  • That’s because these medications cause a degree of immunosuppression.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Only certain exceptions will be made if an athlete has a history of allergic reaction to a component of the vaccine or is using any immunosuppression medication.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The unanimous vote came less than 24 hours after the Food and Drug Administration amended the vaccines' emergency use authorization to include patients with moderate to severe immunosuppression.
    NBC News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • People with a history of skin cancers or who are more photosensitive due to fairer skin or albinism, medications or immunosuppression should be more careful about taking precautions, experts said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023
  • This is particularly true for those with severe immunosuppression.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 May 2021
  • Ongoing projects include a clinical trial to infuse regulatory dendritic cells in liver transplant patients prior to surgery, with the hope of putting an end to toxic immunosuppression regimens.
    Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2020
  • This finding may also have implications in immune diseases as well as treatments either resulting in or employing immunosuppression.
    Jasenka Zubcevic and Christopher Martyniuk, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2017

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