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biologic 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. biological: pertaining to biology or to life and living things
  2. Biologics include a wide range of medicinal products such as vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, and recombinant therapeutic proteins created by biological processes (as distinguished from chemistry).
  3. An extremely complex drug, vaccine or antitoxin that is made from a living organism, or from products of a living organism; Of or pertaining to biology; Pertaining to a living or a once-living organism
  4. (Biologics) A classification of products derived from living sources, such as humans, animals, bacteria and viruses. Vaccines, immune globulin, and anti-toxins are biologics.
  5. (Biologics) Immunization vaccines, bacterins, antigens, and antitoxins and other preparations made from living organisms and their products, intended for use in diagnosing, immunizing, or treating humans or animals, or in related research. ...
  6. (Biologics) A new class of systemic therapies that contain proteins derived from living cells, as opposed to traditional pharmaceutical drugs that are made up of non-living chemicals. Biologics usually are given through injection because they would be digested if taken orally.
  7. (Biologics) Biological products, such as vaccines or proteins, made for use as medicines. The first biological made by recombinant DNA technology was insulin, approved for human use in 1982.
  8. (Biologics) Designing therapeutic proteins and antibodies, gene therapy and antisense drugs.
  9. (Biologics) Man made proteins similar to those found in the body. They are designed to target specific cells or proteins.
  10. (Biologics) these are the most recent breakthrough for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Such medications, including etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade) and adalimumab (Humira), are administered by injection and can dramatically improve your quality of life. ...
  11. Biologics (also called “disease-modifying therapy” or “immunomodulators”) are a relatively new treatment option for people with moderate to severe psoriasis. They are given this name because they are derived from human or animal proteins instead of chemicals like most other medications. ...
  12. Protein- or peptide-based therapeutic (e.g. vaccines, monoclonal antibodies).
  13. A biologic is a treatment made from proteins produced in living cells
  14. A virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, or other similar product used to prevent, treat or cure disease or injury
  15. A substance that is made from a living organism or its products and is used in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer and other diseases. Antibodies are biologics. Also called biological agent and biological drug.
  16. A therapeutic or prophylactic derived from a living source (human, animal or unicellular). Most biologics are complex mixtures that are not easily identified or characterized, and many are manufactured using biotechnology. ...