Sentence examples for human killer from inspiring English sources

Not only would that open up a new front in the battle to purge bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) from livestock, but it would also suggest that far more people--at least those who eat lamb, anyway--are at risk of contracting the human killer, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).

Ly49 receptors are functional homologues of human Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIRs), and both receptor families are highly polymorphic.

The human Killer cell Immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes correspond functionally to the murine Ly49 gene family, providing a potential example of convergent evolution [24].

Human killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) play a critical role in governing the immune response to neoplastic and infectious disease.

Human killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, KIR2DL1, which regulates natural killer cell function by recognizing human leukocyte antigen C molecules, was expressed successfully (Sasaki et al. 2009).

This region contains a gene cluster of Ly49 and human killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors genes, which are known to be involved in autoimmune disease.

Therefore, human Killer-DC were generated from mature monocyte-derived DC using the inducible CRE/LoxP adenoviral vector system, and the immunoregulatory capacity of these cells was analyzed in cocultures with primary human T cells in vitro.

Just like humans, killer whales experience menopause – and the rare evolutionary trait improves their offspring's chances of survival, according to experts.

The audience was placed in the uncomfortable position of watching at work a disturbingly human psychopathic killer, raising many pertinent questions about our attraction to this kind of thing.

Human natural killer (NK) cells and their antileukemic potential have been of rising interest over the last years.

We previously showed that nanoscale TRAIL liposomes conjugated to human natural killer cells enhance their endogenous therapeutic potential in killing cancer cells cultured in engineered lymph node microenvironments.