Word: zevalin
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Other antibodies carry tiny payloads of radioactive isotopes or poisons, which kill the tumor cell without affecting surrounding tissue. IDEC Pharmaceuticals, in San Diego, just completed final rounds of testing Zevalin, an antibody that is hooked to the radioactive isotope, yttrium-90. Last month, IDEC reported that the tumors in about one third of 73 late-stage non-Hodgkins lymphoma patients were undetectable after being treated with Zevalin...
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