Enbrel, concocted in 1989, targets the prototype member of this gene family: tumor necrosis factor.
It works by neutralizing a protein produced by your immune system known as tumor necrosis factor (TNF).
Enbrel works by blocking a long-mysterious protein in the immune system known as tumor necrosis factor, or TNF.
Landis rode this year's competition knowing he would need a hip replacement because of a condition called avascular necrosis.
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These biotech drugs, all of which must be injected, work by binding to a molecule called the tumor necrosis factor.
Thalidomide works, in part, by blocking the production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, a biochemical which promotes inflammation in the body.
The scientists found that a cell-signaling protein, or cytokine, known as a hippocampal TNF (tumor necrosis factor) played a limited role.
Some tissue death from surgical manipulation, called necrosis, is inevitable after any procedure, though your risks increase dramatically if you're a smoker.
Tumor necrosis factor, named for its ability to make cancer cells die in the test tube, had fizzled in human tests because it was too toxic.
The flavonoids inhibited the secretion of various inflammatory cells called cytokines in H5N1-infected cells, but had no effect on noninfected cells or tumor necrosis factor, a key inflammatory protein.
CytImmune Sciences of Rockville, Maryland, has just begun a study of the efficacy of Aurimune, a solid-gold nanoparticle that carries a dose of tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a substance that has a natural tendency to stick to gold.
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