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Pronunciation: /bi sɛl/

B cell

Definition

A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies. B cells are part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow. Also called B lymphocyte.

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anastrozole

coumestan

psychosocial support

water-soluble vitamin

suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid

GCP

N-acetyldinaline

intracellular matrix

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Theo-24

recombinant cell-surface anchored sialidase DAS181

ROR1 CAR-specific autologous T lymphocytes

topoisomerase I inhibitor LMP400

deoxycytidine analogue TAS-109

base edited natural killer cells NK510

autologous gamma-retroviral MSGV1 139 scFv EGFRvIII CAR gene-modified T cells

anti-mucin-1/PE immunoconjugate BM7PE

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new mutation

gonadal mosaicism

germline DNA

locus heterogeneity

VUS

summary logarithm of the odds score

tumor suppressor gene

sensitivity

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