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Adoptive Transfer

"Adoptive Transfer" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Form of passive immunization where previously sensitized immunologic agents (cells or serum) are transferred to non-immune recipients. When transfer of cells is used as a therapy for the treatment of neoplasms, it is called adoptive immunotherapy (IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE).


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Adoptive Transfer" by people in this website by year, and whether "Adoptive Transfer" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 123 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2003
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