How to Use immunosuppressant in a Sentence

immunosuppressant

noun
  • Now the 32-year-old is in stable health, but will take immunosuppressants for the rest of her life.
    — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In the new study, a third of the monkeys survived for a year or longer while on standard immunosuppressants.
    — Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Such cell lines would be gene-edited to be matched to patients, to obviate a strong need for immunosuppressants.
    — Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Most people who receive a kidney transplant take immunosuppressants for the rest of their life.
    — Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
  • There, doctors put her on immunosuppressants and told her the reactions would subside in a couple of months.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • The most promising drug so far has been rapamycin, an immunosuppressant often used in organ transplants that’s been shown to extend the life span of mice.
    — Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2015
  • The immunosuppressant and cancer drug rapamycin, to cite just one of countless examples, came from a microbe genome.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Treatments often involve some variety of immunosuppressant such as a steroid drug.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Once the womb is out, Grace will be able to stop taking immunosuppressants that prevent her body from rejecting the foreign organ.
    — Sam Gillette, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • My wife is a heart-transplant recipient and is on a lifelong regimen of immunosuppressants.
    — Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Researchers wrote in the study that the roundworm’s survival in the woman’s body may have been aided by the immunosuppressants she was prescribed to treat her high white blood cell levels.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In addition to corticosteroids, other drugs may be used that calm the immune system, known as immunosuppressants.
    — Sara Hoffman, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Also, strong immunosuppressants are required before treatment, which increases the risk, cost and side effects.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Recently, the use of steroids and immunosuppressants has become less common due to long-term side effects and inconsistent results.
    — Sara Hoffman, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the others still had mild symptoms, but every patient stopped immunosuppressants without disease rebounding.
    — Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant often used in organ transplant patients, but it has also been shown to extend life in animals, including flies and mice.
    — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant often used in organ transplant patients, but it has also been shown to extend life in animals, including flies and mice.
    — semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant often used in organ transplant patients, but it has also been shown to extend life in animals, including flies and mice.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant often used in organ transplant patients, but it has also been shown to extend life in animals, including flies and mice.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • People who deal with extra-glandular symptoms, like fatigue or joint stiffness, are usually put on immunosuppressants.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The patient survived more than a year, and s survival time lengthened even further when doctors discovered that an immunosuppressant worked better if given along with the steroid prednisone.
    — Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
  • For instance, treatments like chemotherapy and immunosuppressants can weaken the immune system and lessen how much protection a vaccine can offer.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Even better, the cells settled right into their environment and seemed to be functional even after people stopped taking immunosuppressants.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 9 May 2025
  • To help prevent this with a partial match, Max would likely need chemotherapy and immunosuppressants for a longer period of time, which could weaken his immune system.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Patients with extensive hair loss also have been given off-label immunosuppressants, experts say, but the treatment is not very effective and often comes with many side effects.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • This includes some statins, blood thinners, immunosuppressants and antidepressants.
    — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • However, its accumulation on healthy skin also acts as an immunosuppressant.
    — Jay Kakade june 03, New Atlas, 3 June 2025
  • But pregnancy acts like an immunosuppressant, telling the defense system to stand down in order to ensure the body does not inadvertently reject the growing baby.
    — Zoya Teirstein, Vox, 30 May 2024
  • Cyclosporine Cyclosporine is an immunosuppressant that is used after an organ transplant to prevent organ rejection.
    — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2026
  • An immunosuppressant primarily used to prevent organ rejections after transplantation, this drug—at a lower dose—may help your body get rid of oldest and weakest cells.
    — Marty Munson, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023

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