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Alpha-interferon

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alpha-interferon
n.
A family of glycoproteins that are produced endogenously and prepared commercially for their pharmacologic effects, which include antiviral and antineoplastic activity and immune system regulation.

Alpha-interferon
A natural body substance that now can be made in large quantities and is an effective treatment for some types of viral inflammatory disease, including hepatitis C.
Mentioned in: Hepatitis D

alpha-interferon,
n See interferon, alpha.


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Starting cancer patients on an antidepressant before they begin receiving alpha-interferon markedly reduces the therapy's side effects, Miller and his colleagues now report.
Researchers at the Medical College of Cornell University discovered a deficiency in the production of alpha-interferon in women with VVS.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved the marketing of bacterially manufactured human alpha-interferon, making it the first member of the interferon family to be commercially available in the United States.
 
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