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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lymphokine that is released by helper T cells in response to an antigen and interleukin-1 and that stimulates the proliferation of helper T cells. It has been used experimentally to treat cancer.
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Patients given the combo also lived an average of nearly 7 months longer than those only give interleukin-2 — nearly 18 months compared to about 11 months.
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About 16% of those given the vaccine/interleukin-2 combination saw their tumors shrink by 50% or more, compared to 6% given interleukin-2 alone.
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In this Phase 3 clinical trial, conducted at 21 care centers, researchers randomly assigned 185 patients with metastatic melanoma, meaning the cancer had spread, to either the vaccine followed by interleukin-2, a drug that activates the immune system, or interleukin-2 alone.
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Patients given the combo also lived an average of nearly 7 months longer than those only give interleukin-2 — nearly 18 months compared to about 11 months.
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About 16% of those given the vaccine/interleukin-2 combination saw their tumors shrink by 50% or more, compared to 6% given interleukin-2 alone.
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In this Phase 3 clinical trial, conducted at 21 care centers, researchers randomly assigned 185 patients with metastatic melanoma, meaning the cancer had spread, to either the vaccine followed by interleukin-2, a drug that activates the immune system, or interleukin-2 alone.
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Then two courses of another existing drug, interleukin-2, made the tumors in her lungs worse, and made her skin peel off.
Drug Makers Refill Parched Pipelines Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011
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The immune-boosting drug, interleukin-2, enhances the vaccine's effectiveness by stimulating the production of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that circulates throughout the body.
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The immune-boosting drug, interleukin-2, enhances the vaccine's effectiveness by stimulating the production of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that circulates throughout the body.
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It's well known that sleep is induced by an immune "expression," or a cytokine, called interleukin-2, which happens in response to the LPS put off by our gut bacteria.
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