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bapineuzumab

bapineuzumab noun: a humanized monoclonal antibody that acts on the nervous system and has potential therapeutic value for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and possibly glaucoma.

Noun

bapineuzumab (uncountable)

  1. A humanized monoclonal antibody that acts on the nervous system and has potential therapeutic value for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and possibly glaucoma.
    • In 2012, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson halted development of the antibody drug bapineuzumab, after it failed in late-stage trials to treat patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s.2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN

Origin of bapineuzumab

From [Term?] + neu(ral) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

Questions about bapineuzumab

What does bapineuzumab mean?
Bapineuzumab means a humanized monoclonal antibody that acts on the nervous system and has potential therapeutic value for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and possibly glaucoma.
What part of speech is bapineuzumab?
Bapineuzumab is a noun.

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