An immunomodulator is a drug used for its effect on the immune system. Medication, also referred to as medicine, can be loosely defined as any substance intended for use in the diagnosis cure mitigation treatment or prevention of disease An immune system is a collection of mechanisms within an Organism that protects against Disease by identifying and killing Pathogens and Tumor There are two types of such drugs based on their effects:
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An immunosuppressant is a substance that performs Immunosuppression of the Immune system. Immunostimulators are substances (drugs and nutrients that stimulate the Immune system by inducing activation or increasing activity of any of its components Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books
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immunomodulator
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- A drug used for its effect on the immune system.
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