How to Use globulin in a Sentence
globulin
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For people who haven't received the rabies vaccine, treatment includes a one-time dose of immune globulins and four doses of the vaccine over the course of two weeks.
—Minali Nigam, CNN, 12 June 2019
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The treatment consists of one dose of immune globulin and four doses of rabies vaccine over a 14-day period.
—Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
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Patrons may need the Hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin to reduce their chance of illness.
—AL.com, 11 Oct. 2017
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According to the Mayo Clinic, a fast-acting shot of rabies-immune globulin is administered to the site of the bite as soon as possible.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 11 July 2019
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The combination of immune globulin and the vaccines will stop the growth of the virus in the body, preventing further disease development.
—Tara C. Smith, SELF, 24 Jan. 2019
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People who've had the vaccine don't need immune globulins, only the vaccine doses.
—Minali Nigam, CNN, 12 June 2019
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Rotten eggs smell, well, rotten, because of the abundance of two proteins inside: globulin and keratin.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2019
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Individuals receive a dose of the rabies vaccine and human rabies immune globulin on the first day, then a dose of the rabies vaccine on days 3, 7, and 14.
—Paul Best, Fox News, 11 July 2021
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Persons over 40 years old can sometimes take the Hepatitis A vaccine or may require immune globulin.
—William Thornton Wthornton@al.com, AL.com, 11 Oct. 2017
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Holme says the two patients in his study were also successfully treated with immune globulin to help reduce the tendency of the immune cells to clump together with the platelets.
—Alice Park, Time, 9 Apr. 2021
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Rabies vaccines are available, according to the CDC, as well as doses of rabies immune globulin.
—The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2022
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To fight off the invaders, the team administered a mix of antibodies known as intravenous immune globulin, or IVIG.
—Kenneth R Miller, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2022
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The antibodies in plasma can be concentrated and delivered to patients through a type of drug called immune globulin, or Ig, which can be given through either an IV drip or a shot.
—oregonlive, 11 July 2020
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Gamma globulin, for example, takes disease-fighting antibodies from healthy donors and gives them to those who cannot make antibodies on their own.
—Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
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How is rabies treated? Treatment involves a post-exposure protective dose of immune globulin and four doses of the rabies vaccine over a 14-day period, the CDC says.
—Korin Miller, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
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So long as people who have been exposed to hepatitis A are vaccinated within 14 days (and often given a boost of immune globulin), the risk of contracting it is greatly reduced.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2018
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The failures mark a setback for the development of a class of Covid-19 treatments known as hyperimmune intravenous globulin therapies.
—Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2021
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Another approach to taming the donor graft relies on a mixture of anti–T cell anti-bodies called antithymocyte globulin, which is produced in horses or rabbits.
—Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 12 July 2017
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Potential treatments include intravenous immune globulin, which is designed to suppress the immune system, and ivabradine, which has been used in chronic heart failure.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 31 July 2023
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The treatment for someone who may have been exposed to rabies — what’s called post-exposure prophylaxis — includes a dose of human rabies immune globulin and several doses of the rabies vaccine given over two weeks.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 19 Apr. 2022
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Often referred to as IVIG, intravenous immune globulin is used for a wide variety of medical conditions beyond those for which it was first targeted — some treatments effective and some not.
—Julie Appleby, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
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Treatment typically involves checking for tetanus immunization and shots of immune globulin as well as a rabies vaccine.
—Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2018
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Without the proper diagnosis and management, which often involves the use of intravenous immune globulin or corticosteroids, MIS-C can lead to organ damage or even death.
—Sarah Toy, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2021
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That's the result of routine pet vaccination and availability of post-exposure treatment with vaccine and immune globulins, proteins that trigger the body's defense system to fight off infection.
—Minali Nigam, CNN, 12 June 2019
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The therapeutic agents—convalescent plasma and hyperimmune globulin—are both derived from the blood of people who have recovered from the disease, decoctions of the antibodies that the human immune system makes to fight off germs.
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 3 Apr. 2020
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This regimen involves a dose of rabies immune globulin, which gives some immediate protection, followed by a series of four rabies vaccines (administered in the arm, just like other vaccines) to allow the body to mount its own immune response.
—Tara C. Smith, SELF, 24 Jan. 2019
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If you've been exposed to someone with the virus, a vaccination within 14 days of exposure (potentially with an immune globulin injection) has been shown to be effective in preventing infection.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2018
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Takeda is working on a hyperimmune globulin for the coronavirus drug, meaning there is a higher concentration of antibodies targeting a specific pathogen like a virus.
—Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2020
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German researchers have described specialized blood tests that can be used to diagnose the disorder and suggested treatment with a blood product called intravenous immune globulin, which is used to treat various immune disorders.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2021
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German researchers have described specialized blood tests that can be used to diagnose the disorder, and suggested treatment with a blood product called intravenous immune globulin, which is used to treat various immune disorders.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2021
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