immune rejection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmuneandrejection
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immune
adjective
uk/ɪˈmjuːn/us/ɪˈmjuːn/
protected against a particular disease by particular substances in ...
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rejection
noun
uk/rɪˈdʒek.ʃən/us/rɪˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of refusing to accept, use, or believe someone ...
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(Definition ofimmuneandrejectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However,immunerejectiondoes not depend solely on the major histocompatibility antigens.
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It would be fascinating to see whether vaccination of hosts with the lipocalins would lead to more efficacious naturally-acquiredimmunerejection.
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Trophoblast would appear to be allogenically neutral, and this must be considered the most important way in which it avoids maternalimmunerejection.
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Immunerejectionis one way control is exercised, and it clearly illustrates that milk, eggs, fish, or whatever, are in fact "foreign" though generally tolerated.
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The problem ofimmunerejectionmight be circumvented if an individual's own cells could be used.
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There is no prospect of the patient having animmunerejectionbecause the tissue is genetically similar.
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Similar to organ transplantation, gene therapy has been plagued by the problem ofimmunerejection.
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These unlimited supplies of autologous cells could be used to generate transplants without the risk ofimmunerejection.
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Tissues and organs from transgenic animals can be used in transfusions and transplants with a lesser chance ofimmunerejection.
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Of course, the issue ofimmunerejectionwould, however, need to be addressed as it would with other forms of organ or body transplantation.
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The microcapsules should be strong enough and should not rupture on implantation as this could lead to animmunerejectionof the encapsulated cells.
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He discovered the metabolic pathway involving an enzyme, inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase, which is responsible for undersirable immune response in autoimmune diseases, as well as forimmunerejectionin organ transplantation.
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