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immune
in
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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- They studied immune suppression and cancer growth by injecting HeLa cells into immune-compromised rats, which developed malignant tumors much like Henrietta's.†
Chpt 1.7 *immune = not in danger of suffering from something OR relating to disease resistance
- They studied immune suppression and cancer growth by injecting HeLa cells into immune-compromised rats, which developed malignant tumors much like Henrietta's.†
Chpt 1.7
- Salk would inoculate 2 million children and the NFIP would test their blood to see if they'd become immune.†
Chpt 2.13
- He and many other scientists believed that cancer was caused by either a virus or an immune system deficiency, so Southam decided to use HeLa to test those theories.†
Chpt 2.17
- He told them he was testing their immune systems; he said nothing about injecting them with someone else's malignant cells.†
Chpt 2.17
- Southam removed some of the nodules to verify that they were cancerous, but he left several to see if the patients' immune systems would reject them or the cancer would spread.†
Chpt 2.17
- And with each new injection, their bodies responded faster, which seemed to indicate that the cells were increasing the inmates' immunity to cancer.†
Chpt 2.17immunity = the state of not being in danger of suffering from something
- He'd been giving himself and patients intravenous injections of vaccines made from HeLa cells, which he'd gotten from George Gey's lab in such enormous quantities, they joked that instead of injecting them, Björklund could just fill a pool with HeLa—or maybe even a lake—and swim around in it for immunity.†
Chpt 2.17
- Their decision called for more specific guidelines in clinical research, saying, "We trust that this measure of discipline will serve as a stern warning that zeal for research must not be carried to the point where it violates the basic rights and immunities of a human person."†
Chpt 2.17
- They also used them to study the role of immunity in organ transplantation.†
Chpt 2.18immunity = the state of not being in danger of suffering from something
- Her syphilis, it turns out, could have been a factor as well—syphilis can suppress the immune system and allow cancer to spread faster than normal.†
Chpt 2.22immune = not in danger of suffering from something OR relating to disease resistance
- She's responsible for plagues, sickness, and catastrophes; she's immune to fire, radiation, toxins, corrosives, disease, and aging.†
Chpt 3.31
Definitions:
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(1)
(immune) not in danger of being affected by something -- especially a disease
or:
relating to disease resistance - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)