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tolerance

In medicine, gradual increase of resistance to a drug's effects when it is taken over a long period. This means that more of the drug must be taken to achieve the desired effect.



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These individuals appear to have a form of immunological tolerance to Fel d 1.
His work aims at the induction of immunological tolerance in transplanted patients, and has resulted in the first successful technique for imaging islet grafts in vivo following transplantation.
Of pivotal interest, from a developmental perspective, is how, why, and when some people acquire immunological tolerance to common allergens, while others go on to develop asthma.
 
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