NGR-TNF at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is NGR-TNF? A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It is made by linking tumor necrosis factor (TNF) to a peptide. The peptide binds to tumor blood vessels, and TNF damages them. It belongs to the family of drugs called biological response modi

Medical Term & Definition Added By: Jordan

Send To Friends!

If you'd like to send the NGR-TNF definition to yourself or to your friends/colleagues, just enter the e-mail addresses in the boxes below -

We hope you now understand the meaning of NGR-TNF. If you need any more information on this term, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Other Similar Drugs Terms:

Prescription Drugs Term helical computed tomography is A detailed picture of areas inside the body. The pictures are created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine that scans the body in a spiral path. Also called spiral CT scan.

Prescription Drugs Term angiogram (AN-jee-o-gram) is An x-ray of blood vessels; the person receives an injection of dye to outline the vessels on the x-ray.

Prescription Drugs Term retinoblastoma is An eye cancer that most often occurs in children younger than 5 years. It occurs in hereditary and nonhereditary (sporadic) forms.

Prescription Drugs Term Ozone is Formed by an electric discharge or by the slow combustion of phosphorus, ozone is a modified and condensed form of oxygen, in which three atoms of oxygen are combined to form the molecule, O3. Because it is a powerful oxidizing agent it is used in deionized water systems to kill bacteria and to reduce by oxidation the amount of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in the water. Air containing a perceptible amount of ozone has an odor suggesting chlorine or sulfurous acid gas.

Prescription Drugs Term DNA methylase is An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of methyl groups to DNA.