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immune

[ih-myoon] / ɪˈmyun /


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By crowding out normal blood production and corrupting the immune system from within, some forms progress slowly, others aggressively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The lessons from transplants about how the immune system can be harnessed to control and get rid of cancer helped pave the way for newer treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Because it progresses more gradually, donor immune cells have time to gain control, especially with a sibling donor who matched me so closely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Yet the Seattle team, led by Storb’s mentor, the late Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, pressed forward, guided by emerging evidence that the donor’s immune cells could be enlisted to attack the patient’s cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Forager societies were hardly immune to natural disasters, and suffered from periods of want and hunger, but they were usually able to deal with such calamities more easily.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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