immunoadhesin
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immunoadhesin (plural immunoadhesins)
- (immunology, biochemistry) Any of a family of recombinant fusion proteins
- 1990 April 28, Kelly Gaines, “New Drug Fights Perinatal HIV Infection”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
- The study builds on previous research which has shown that immunoadhesins can prevent HIV from spreading to new cells and can also kill infected cells while leaving healthy cells alone..