Infection & Immunity terms
Infectious agents, immune responses, vaccines, inflammation, and immune disorders. Browse definitions and meanings below.
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An attenuated, replication-competent, oncolytic strain of Newcastle disease virus.
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A substance from plants that is being studied together with vaccine therapy for its ability to improve the way the immune system responds to disease.
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A vaccine used to prevent cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 and genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11.
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A type of immune cell that blocks the actions of some other types of lymphocytes, to keep the immune system from becoming over-active.
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A virus that causes respiratory infections with cold-like symptoms.
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RNA from a virus that is used to insert genetic material into cells.
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An antiviral gene that is being studied in the treatment of cancer in patients who have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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A virus that causes respiratory infections with cold-like symptoms.
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An inflammatory disease marked by the formation of granulomas (small nodules of immune cells) in the lungs, lymph nodes, and other organs.
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A virus being studied in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors and other types of cancer.
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A vaccine composed of a substance that enhances immunity plus an antigen found on some tumors of the colon, breast, lung, ovary, pancreas, and stomach.
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A virus that infects some types of monkeys.
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An immune cell such as a T or B lymphocyte that responds to a single, specific antigen.
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Having to do with the spleen (an organ in the abdomen that makes immune cells, filters the blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old blood cells).
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A type of immune cell that can attack foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus.
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A type of immune cell that can attack foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus.
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A type of immune cell that blocks the actions of some other types of lymphocytes, to keep the immune system from becoming over-active.
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Treatment to destroy T cells, which play an important role in the immune response.
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A type of immune cell that blocks the actions of some other types of lymphocytes, to keep the immune system from becoming over-active.
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A type of immune cell that can attack foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus.