immunotherapy
treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
Origin of immunotherapy
1Other words from immunotherapy
- im·mu·no·ther·a·peu·tic [im-yuh-noh-ther-uh-pyoo-tik, ih-myoo-], /ˌɪm yə noʊˌθɛr əˈpyu tɪk, ɪˌmyu-/, adjective
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How to use immunotherapy in a sentence
Jayden started to improve, particularly after he began a new treatment of intravenous immunotherapy.
A Boy With an Autoimmune Disease Was Ready to Learn in Person. Then His State Banned Mask Mandates. | by Annie Waldman and Bianca Fortis | August 25, 2021 | ProPublicaApart from genomics, you are raising money for such research as proton therapy, immunotherapy and structural biology.
St. Jude's Fundraising Chief on Space Missions, 'Pushing Boundaries' and a Record-Setting Year | Belinda Luscombe | August 10, 2021 | Time“This is going to totally change the pharmaceutical industry for years to come,” said Michael Mitchell, a principal investigator who leads a University of Pennsylvania bioengineering lab working on cancer immunotherapy and vaccine projects.
Why grandparents can’t find vaccines: Scarcity of niche biotech ingredients | Christopher Rowland | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostIn 2016, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to two researchers, Jim Allison and Tasuku Honjo, for immunotherapy research.
How to Fix the Incentives in Cancer Research (Ep. 449) | Stephen J. Dubner | January 28, 2021 | FreakonomicsSIWA Therapeutics is working on an immunotherapy approach to the problem of senescent cells.
A Renaissance of Genomics and Drugs Is Extending Human Longevity | Peter H. Diamandis, MD | June 26, 2020 | Singularity Hub
British Dictionary definitions for immunotherapy
/ (ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈθɛrəpɪ) /
med the treatment of disease by stimulating the body's production of antibodies
Derived forms of immunotherapy
- immunotherapeutic (ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk), adjective
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