Immune System & Allergies terms

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A type of monoclonal antibody used in cancer detection or therapy.

A type of monoclonal antibody used in cancer detection or therapy.

A human monoclonal antibody that is being used to treat colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

A type of immune reaction in which a target cell or microbe is coated with antibodies and killed by certain types of white blood cells.

A treatment used to help the immune system fight diseases, such as cancer and infections with certain viruses.

In chemistry and biology, the strength of the attaction between two substances, such as two chemicals, or an antigen and an antibody.

An inherited immune disorder that occurs in young boys.

A type of monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of leukemia.

A drug used to treat certain allergy symptoms.

A substance that causes an allergic response.

A hypersensitive immune reaction to a substance that normally is harmless or would not cause an immune response in most people.

A cancer vaccine made with a form of the canarypox virus that does not cause disease in people.

A type of monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of multiple myeloma (a cancer that forms in bones) and in the prevention and treatment of bone metastases (cancer that has spread to bone…

A drug used to treat patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who do not get better with other forms of treatment.

A severe and sometimes life-threatening immune system reaction to an antigen that a person has been previously exposed to.

A monoclonal antibody linked to a toxic substance.

A vaccine made of antibodies that see other antibodies as the antigen and bind to it.

A substance being studied in the treatment of many types of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of glioblastoma (a type of brain tumor) that has come back.