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talactoferrin

talactoferrin noun: a recombinant human lactoferrin produced by the fungus Aspergillus niger or its close relatives that has potential antineoplastic and immunomodulating activities.

Noun

talactoferrin (uncountable)

  1. A recombinant human lactoferrin produced by the fungus Aspergillus niger or its close relatives that has potential antineoplastic and immunomodulating activities
    • Areas other than sepsis are currently the subjects of ongoing clinical studies to control inflammation; for example, talactoferrin, which failed in sepsis therapy (NCT01273779), is now being investigated in cancer studies (NCT00706862).2015 August 20, Lukas Martin et al., “Antimicrobial Peptides in Human Sepsis”, in Frontiers in Immunology, volume 6, →DOI

Questions about talactoferrin

What does talactoferrin mean?
Talactoferrin means a recombinant human lactoferrin produced by the fungus Aspergillus niger or its close relatives that has potential antineoplastic and immunomodulating activities.
What part of speech is talactoferrin?
Talactoferrin is a noun.

Words near talactoferrin in the dictionary

  1. talabons
  2. talabostat
  3. talabs
  4. talacotuzumab
  5. Talacre
  6. talactoferrin
  7. Talaga
  8. Talagante
  9. Talagas
  10. Talagrand
  11. talahib

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