Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enzyme isolated from bacteria that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine and is used in the chemotherapeutic treatment of leukemia.
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- noun biochemistry An
enzyme thatcatalyzes thehydrolysis ofasparagine toaspartic acid , used inchemotherapy .
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- noun antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia
Etymologies
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Examples
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The U.S. food industry discovered an enzyme called asparaginase that can chew up asparagine in food products, so less acrylamide is formed.
unknown title 2009
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The U.S. food industry discovered an enzyme called asparaginase that can chew up asparagine in food products, so less acrylamide is formed.
unknown title 2009
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The U.S. food industry discovered an enzyme called asparaginase that can chew up asparagine in food products, so less acrylamide is formed.
unknown title 2009
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Health Canada's safety assessment of the enzyme, which is called asparaginase, didn't turn up any health or safety concerns.
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When a 12-year-old boy from Illinois with ALL arrived at St. Jude in 2001, Pui administered everything but the kitchen sink: the drugs prednisone, vincristine, daunorubicin, and asparaginase, followed by cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, and mercaptopurine.
Curing Cancer 2010
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Put simply, the kids are blasted with the highest doses of the most chemotherapy drugs they can stand — steroids and vinca alkaloids, asparaginase and anthracyclines and more.
Curing Cancer 2010
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This growth is primarily attributed to the expected launch of Phase III pipeline candidates Marqibo (vincristine sulfate liposomes injection), GRASPA (asparaginase loaded into erythrocytes), recombinant asparaginase (asparaginase) and Depocyt (liposomal cytarabine) during the forecast period.
unknown title 2011
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Graspa is an experimental therapy that consists of red blood cell-encapsulated L-asparaginase, an enyzme used to treat leukemia by damaging cancer cells.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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Graspa is an experimental therapy that consists of red blood cell-encapsulated L-asparaginase, an enyzme used to treat leukemia by damaging cancer cells.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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By encapsulating the enzyme inside red blood cells, the company is seeking to make Graspa safer and have a broader range of clinical uses as compared to existing forms of L-asparaginase.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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