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Eventually, the company produced a partly synthetic DNA code that modified interleukin-2 and similar molecules to eliminate the immune-suppressing effects, Shawver said. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "La Jolla biotech raises $63 million to make cancer drugs from artificial DNA," 30 Apr. 2018 One of these proteins, called interleukin-2, has been studied for decades as an immune-stimulating cancer therapy. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "La Jolla biotech raises $63 million to make cancer drugs from artificial DNA," 30 Apr. 2018 She was also given interleukin-2, a substance that stimulates killer T-cells. — Denise Grady, New York Times, "1 Patient, 7 Tumors and 100 Billion Cells Equal 1 Striking Recovery," 7 Dec. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'interleukin-2.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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