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treatment > cellular therapy

Preferred term

cellular therapy  

Definition(s)

  • Cell therapy (also called cellular therapy, cell transplantation, or cytotherapy) is a therapy in which viable cells are injected, grafted or implanted into a patient in order to effectuate a medicinal effect, for example, by transplanting T-cells capable of fighting cancer cells via cell-mediated immunity in the course of immunotherapy, or grafting stem cells to regenerate diseased tissues.

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • cell therapy
  • cell transplantation
  • cytotherapy

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/INS-M9FL5PJ9-3

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