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immune

[ih-myoon] / ɪˈmyun /


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A modified herpes virus is injected into tumors, which causes cancer cells to burst and release flares that activate and train the immune system to attack cancer cells throughout the body.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

"Astronauts' immune systems could be affected from the radiation, which can lead to viruses, such as glandular fever, when they come back," Mackaill says.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

RP1 is an oncolytic virus therapy that turbo-charges the immune response in people resistant to other immunotherapies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The patient's immune system had been "completely replaced" by the donor's, sqaid study co-author Marius Troseid of the University of Oslo.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

However, the epidemic dies out for any of several reasons, such as being cured by modern medicine, or being stopped when everybody around has already been infected and either becomes immune or dies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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