Search Results lak cells
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lymphokine-activiated killer (LAK) cells
...Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 lymphokine-activiated killer (LAK) cells, cells that attack organisms foreign to the human body...agent gamma globulin (hypogammaglobulinemia) have too few LAK cells. These patients are also at much-greater-than-average...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia
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LAK
The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 LAK, abbreviation for lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. The ideas, procedures and suggestions contained in this encyclopedia are not intended as a substitute for consulting with your...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia
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SCIENTISTS MAKE HUMAN IMMUNE CELLS TARGET COLON CANCER
...patients, however, Takahashi said the LAK cells mount only a weak attack on the cancer...cancer cells. They then attached human LAK cells to a laboratory-made antibody that...cancer was injected with untreated LAK cells. Another group of mice was injected...
March 5, 1993; Post-Tribune (IN)
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Abandon new cancer therapy, says expert
...cancer specialist said yesterday. The use of the naturally occurring substance interleukin 2 to create anti-tumor "killer" LAK cells has failed to live up to original expectations, said Dr. Charles G. Moertel, a professor of oncology at the Mayo Clinic...
January 29, 1987; Chicago Sun-Times
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Hoffmann-La Roche obtains United States patent.(Brief Article)
...cells. CLMF synergistically induces with low concentrations of IL-2 the cytolytic activity of Lymphokine Activated Killer (LAK) cells, and CLMF is capable of stimulating T-cell growth. Also claimed are the cloned gene for CLMF, its recombination in a suitable...
February 1, 2004; BIOTECH Patent News
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Treatment That Stimulates Immune System Shows Gains Against Melanoma
...than lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells obtained from the patient's bloodstream...times more active against tumors than LAK cells. Rosenberg said the response rate...interleukin-2 (IL-2) combined with LAK cells or IL-2 alone. For example, of 15...
December 22, 1988; The Washington Post
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A one-two punch for cancer. (two-step immune-stimulating strategy)
...Interleukin-2 can induce white blood cells to develop in lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, which kill cancer cells but not normal cells. Neither LAK cells alone nor interleukin-2 given at anything but near-toxic doses limit cancer growth. While...
December 7, 1985; Science News
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Sussing out Celiac Disease
...antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) into rogue lymphokine-activated killers (LAKs) via the CTL receptor NKG2D.1 The LAK cells provoke a more general immune response that destroys the intestinal lining and results in poor nutrient absorption, the...
October 11, 2004; The Scientist
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Cancer gene therapy using plasmid DNA
...Systemic administration of IL-2 protein, either alone or in conjunction with ex vivo-generated lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), has resulted in tumor regression for renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, and myeloid...
April 1, 1999; Biopharm
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CANCER TREATMENT SHRANK TUMORS
...the cells -- termed lymphokine-activated killer, or LAK, cells -- are injected back into the patient, along with...50 to 100 times more potent in killing tumors than LAK cells. Unlike LAK cells, TIL cells attack only the specific tumor tissue of...
December 22, 1988; The Boston Globe
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