B6 Preventing and treating disease Flashcards
1
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clinical trials
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test potential new drugs on healthy and patient volunteers
2
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hybridomas
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cells created during the production of monoclonal antibodies by the fusion of an antibody-specific
lymphocyte and a tumour cell
3
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placebo
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a medicine that does not contain the active drug being tested, used in clinical trials of new medicines
4
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preclinical testing
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is carried out on a potential new medicine in a laboratory using cells, tissues, and live animals
5
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vaccine
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dead or inactive pathogenic material used in vaccination to develop immunity to a disease in a healthy person