Health care policy. Reforming off-label promotion to enhance orphan disease treatment.
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www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 327 15 JANUARY 2010 243 COVER Dendritic cells of the immune system recognize and bind bacteria and other microbes by means of receptors expressed on the dendritic cell membrane and within the cell, thus triggering an immune response. Microbial sensing is associated with the innate arm of the immune system, and recent developments in this area are described in the special section starting on page 283.
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عنوان ژورنال:
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دوره 327 5963 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010