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tumor

[too-mer, tyoo-] / ˈtu mər, ˈtyu- /
NOUN
abnormal growth in animate being
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The same technology could be adapted to treat autoimmune diseases such as lupus, or even solid tumors resistant to current immunotherapies.

From The Wall Street Journal

These factors may eventually serve as targets for drugs designed to reduce the risk of tumor formation in people who are especially vulnerable.

From Science Daily

That question led Aristeidis Telonis, Ph.D., a research assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miller School, to investigate whether environmental and social conditions leave detectable biological signals in tumors.

From Science Daily

They treated 18 month old mice with the mRNA, implanted tumors, and then gave the mice a checkpoint inhibitor drug.

From Science Daily

Their findings also suggest that this survival strategy could be turned against tumors that rely on it.

From Science Daily