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Immune-boosting strategies could also be used in people who are already sick; in an experiment at the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine in Colorado, interferon gamma is being given to patients with multidrug-resistant TB.
—Mark Caldwell, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Nadeau finally landed on the protein-coding gene interferon gamma, important in not only fighting infection, but also maintaining the delicate balance of T helpers.
—Melissa Pandika, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015
To test this, Kohli plotted each child’s amount of exposure to pollution and secondhand smoke against the methylation and expression levels of Foxp3 and interferon gamma.
—Melissa Pandika, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015
For example, Casanova and others have found more than a dozen mutations that disrupt the body's ability to battle non-TB mycobacteria, and all of them mess with interferon gamma—a key immune system activator.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 13 July 2018
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First Known Use
circa 1982, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of interferon gamma was
circa 1982
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“Interferon gamma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interferon%20gamma. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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