immunomodulator
noun
im·mu·no·mod·u·la·tor
ˌi-myə-nō-ˈmä-jə-ˌlā-tər 
i-ˌmyü-nō-
: a substance that affects the functioning of the immune system
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Another variety of medications, called immunomodulators, can help your immune system work more effectively too, depending on your specific condition.
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Krissy Brady, SELF, 5 Mar. 2024
Patients who need increasing amounts of oxygen or have signs of body-wide inflammation may need to be given anti-inflammatory medications such as steroids and immunomodulators, Ostrosky said.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 5 Dec. 2023
Landers recently started on two drugs, known as immunomodulators, that strive to stimulate his body’s immune system to fight the cancer.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
It’s used as what’s called an immunomodulator.
—Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2020
Supplies of the immunomodulator drug tocilizumab, which is given to patients to treat the immune-system storm that can devastate the lungs and other organs, are in short supply.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 4 May 2021
Convalescent plasma and immunomodulators like tocilizumab have been given to patients with COVID-19 in clinical trials, but remdesivir is the only treatment that has been shown to have even a potential effect on the disease.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 27 May 2020
Revlimid, scientific name lenalidomide, is an antitumor immunomodulator used to treat blood cancer.
—Mckenna Moore, Fortune, 11 July 2018
Four other checkpoint inhibitors have since been approved, and untold dollars and energy have flooded immuno-oncology (IO) subfields, including cancer vaccines, immunomodulators and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies.
—Scientific American, 3 May 2018
Krissy Brady, SELF, 5 Mar. 2024
Patients who need increasing amounts of oxygen or have signs of body-wide inflammation may need to be given anti-inflammatory medications such as steroids and immunomodulators, Ostrosky said.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 5 Dec. 2023
Landers recently started on two drugs, known as immunomodulators, that strive to stimulate his body’s immune system to fight the cancer.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
It’s used as what’s called an immunomodulator.
—Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2020
Supplies of the immunomodulator drug tocilizumab, which is given to patients to treat the immune-system storm that can devastate the lungs and other organs, are in short supply.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 4 May 2021
Convalescent plasma and immunomodulators like tocilizumab have been given to patients with COVID-19 in clinical trials, but remdesivir is the only treatment that has been shown to have even a potential effect on the disease.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 27 May 2020
Revlimid, scientific name lenalidomide, is an antitumor immunomodulator used to treat blood cancer.
—Mckenna Moore, Fortune, 11 July 2018
Four other checkpoint inhibitors have since been approved, and untold dollars and energy have flooded immuno-oncology (IO) subfields, including cancer vaccines, immunomodulators and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies.
—Scientific American, 3 May 2018
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“Immunomodulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immunomodulator. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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immunomodulator
noun
im·mu·no·mod·u·la·tor
-ˈmäj-ə-ˌlāt-ər
: a chemical agent (as methotrexate or azathioprine) that modifies the immune response or the functioning of the immune system (as by the stimulation of antibody formation or the inhibition of white blood cell activity)
immunomodulatory
adjective
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