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US
/ˌɪntɝˈfɛɹɑn, ˌɪntɝˈfɪɹɑn/
]
NOUN
- an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus
How To Use interferon In A Sentence
- The second refinement is a product called polyethylene glycol PEG interferon, which is given to the patient once a week. DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK
- METHODS: Twenty - one patients received pegylated interferon - alpha plus either ribavirin or levovirin.
- In Villejuif, France, Ion Gresser had prepared a potent antiserum neutralising any molecule of alpha endogenous interferon produced by individual cells. Luc Montagnier - Autobiography
- Available therapies, including steroids and interferons, are effective mainly in the relapsing-remitting phase. Times, Sunday Times
- Despite the dangers of fatal decompensation, we think that interferon alfa should be considered for treating patients with cirrhosis.
- With the strength it has today, it was born in 1981, from just the information that a product called interferon existed. Fidel Castro Gives Speech at Spare Parts Forum
- A sixth group took only interferon and ribavirin, which is the current standard of care for HCV antiviral treatment. MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
- Interferon is produced naturally in the body and helps fight infection or abnormal cells.
- Six months to a year of weekly injections of the drug interferon, which helps the immune system fight viruses, combined with a daily pill called ribavirin, has doctors claiming success rates as high as 99 percent. CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2007
- During the three months ended March 31, 2010, our development costs associated with ANA598 were primarily associated with our Phase II study of ANA598 in combination with pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin, which is the current standard of care (SOC) for the treatment of hepatitis C. GuruFocus Updates -
