Medical Definition of Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte
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Special cancer-fighting cells of the immune system found in tumours. In a type of experimental therapy, scientists harvest these cells from the tumour, grow them in a laboratory and then return them to the patient with the hope of the cells destroying the tumour.
These cells can be collected from the site of a tumour and exposed to IL-2 in vitro. When these cells are injected back into the tumour bearing host, they will specifically kill the tumour from which they originated.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumour-infiltrating Lymphocyte
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