cytotherapy
nounEtymology From cyto- + therapy.
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Medicine, Sciences The introduction of new cells into a tissue in order to treat a disease.
- Mr. Bass is scheduled for a stem-cell transplant and chemotherapy treatment next month as part of a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center . Dr. Raymond L. Comenzo, the director of the hospital’s cytotherapy laboratory, is one of about 20 doctors in the United States on the cutting edge of amyloidosis research.2007 July 23, Claudia La Rocco, “A Maestro Conducting With Heart ... a New One”, in New York Times:
- Synonyms
- cell therapy, cellular therapy