Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various red, often toxic, polypeptide antibiotics obtained from soil bacteria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three-ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain.
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- noun biochemistry, pharmacology Any of a
class oftoxic polypeptide antibiotics found insoil bacteria ofgenus Streptomyces .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
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Examples
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Within months, the team had confirmed that X-rays and actinomycin D were remarkably synergistic, each multiplying the toxic effect of the other.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the summer of 1954, Farber persuaded Waksman to send him a number of antibiotics, including actinomycin D, to repurpose them as antitumor agents by testing the drugs on a series of mouse tumors.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Within months, the team had confirmed that X-rays and actinomycin D were remarkably synergistic, each multiplying the toxic effect of the other.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Farber found that actinomycin D, administered intravenously, potently inhibited the growth of these lung metastases, often producing remissions that lasted months.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Others, such as nitrogen mustard or actinomycin D, came from serendipitous sources, such as mustard gas or soil bacteria, found accidentally to kill cancer cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Farber found that actinomycin D, administered intravenously, potently inhibited the growth of these lung metastases, often producing remissions that lasted months.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Others, such as nitrogen mustard or actinomycin D, came from serendipitous sources, such as mustard gas or soil bacteria, found accidentally to kill cancer cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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An enormous molecule shaped like an ancient Greek statue, with a small, headless torso and two extended wings, actinomycin D was later found to work by binding and damaging DNA.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the summer of 1954, Farber persuaded Waksman to send him a number of antibiotics, including actinomycin D, to repurpose them as antitumor agents by testing the drugs on a series of mouse tumors.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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An enormous molecule shaped like an ancient Greek statue, with a small, headless torso and two extended wings, actinomycin D was later found to work by binding and damaging DNA.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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