interferon
IPA: ɪntɝfˈɛrɑn
noun
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins, produced by the immune system, that prevent viral replication in infected cells.
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Examples of "interferon" in Sentences
- He spoke about his treatment and, for the first time, I heard the word interferon.
- July 2009 Approved to treat metastatic kidney cancer in combination with a drug called interferon alpha.
- The second refinement is a product called polyethylene glycol PEG interferon, which is given to the patient once a week.
- With the strength it has today, it was born in 1981, from just the information that a product called interferon existed.
- Chronic hepatitis B in some patients is treated with drugs called interferon or lamivudine, which can help some patients.
- Until recently, one form of this substance, alpha-interferon (also called interferon A) was the only treatment for HCV infection approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- Besides from being more convenient and less painful, a trial has also showed Gilenya to be twice as effective at stopping relapses as one of the injectable drugs, called interferon beta
- A new study has shown that tweaking a certain group of multipotent stem cells-mesenchymal stem cells-with a hormone called interferon (IFN) in our bodies, might stop osteoporosis and promote bone growth.
- In experiments on mice, researchers showed for the first time that a protein called interferon-gamma IFN-gamma plays a key role in the spread of melanoma, a notoriously aggressive form of cancer resistant to standard chemotherapy.
- Among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who take the popular drug, known as interferon beta, overall effectiveness is only fair, with about half of all patients experiencing an average one-third reduction in recurrences, according to researchers at Stanford University.
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