Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A set of one or more antigenic determinants specific to the variable region of an immunoglobulin molecule.
- noun A set of immunoglobin molecules that have the same antigen-binding specificity in their variable regions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the nomenclature of types in natural history, a specimen, not a holotype, identified by the nomenclator himself.
- noun An object or a substance typical of a class; one of a series exhibiting like peculiarities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun immunology A characteristic shared by a group of
immunoglobulin or T cell receptor molecules, based on theantigen binding specificity of their variable region
Etymologies
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Examples
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Favrille spent more than $140 million on the development of a portfolio of biotech assets and related patents including the FavId™ idiotype vaccine that was the Company's lead product candidate for the treatment of B-cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
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Bayer's personalized idiotype vaccine for the treatment of
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During the immune response that ensues, the lymphocytes mainly focus on the peptide sequence of the attached tumor idiotype.
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During the immune response that ensues, the lymphocytes mainly focus on the peptide sequence of the attached tumor idiotype.
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Bayer's personalized idiotype vaccine for the treatment of
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During the immune response that ensues, the lymphocytes mainly focus on the peptide sequence of the attached tumor idiotype.
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The samples came to light when the Company was advised that data from Favrille's pre-merger vaccine trials for a project that theoretically could be used to predict the outcomes of patients vaccinated with idiotype vaccines.
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Bayer's personalized idiotype vaccine for the treatment of
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Hemocyanin (KLH) which is coupled to the idiotype protein produced in tobacco plants.
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Hemocyanin (KLH) which is coupled to the idiotype protein produced in tobacco plants.
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