Category: I

A procedure in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into or near the tumor.  

Manipulation of the host’s immune system in treatment of disease. It includes both active and passive immunization as well as immunosuppressive therapy to prevent graft rejection. Treatment technique using the body’s immune system to combat a particular disease, e.g., cancer. Treatment with antibodies to enhance the response of the body to harmful substances. Treatment with…

Therapy used to decrease the body’s immune response, such as drugs given to prevent transplant rejection. Treatment with drugs such as cyclosporine or mycophenolate that impair immune responses. A therapeutic approach aimed at inhibiting the functioning of the immune system.  

Agents that suppress immune function by one of several mechanisms of action. Classical cytotoxic immunosuppressants act by inhibiting DNA synthesis. Others may act through activation of suppressor T-cell populations or by inhibiting the activation of helper cells. While immunosuppression has been brought about in the past primarily to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, new applications…

Describes the ability to lower immune system responses. That which suppresses the immune system response (e.g., certain chemicals). Being able to reduce the immune response. Having the property of suppressing the body’s immune response to antigens. To a substance that lowers the body’s normal immune response. A drug, such as azathioprine or cyclophosphamide, that reduces…

A drug for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.  

The study of the body’s immune system. The science that studies the body’s immune system and methods for stimulating it to build antibodies to render a person resistant to a particular disease. The study of immunity and immunisation. The science of artificial and natural protection against infection, and of diagnosis of such infections by the…

The ability of the antibody-forming system to recall a previous experience with an antigen and to respond to a second exposure with the prompt production of large amounts of antibody.  

Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. The identification of antigens in tissues using antibodies that are linked to enzymes, fluorescent dyes, or radioactive labels. IHC is used to diagnose and track specific cellular anomalies, such as cancers, by identifying those antigens that are specifically found in affected cells.  

Producing immunity; evoking an immune response. Producing an immune response. Capable of inducing an immune response.