Biological Therapy

"Biological Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Treatment of diseases with biological materials or biological response modifiers, such as the use of GENES; CELLS; TISSUES; organs; SERUM; VACCINES; and humoral agents.

Descriptor ID	D001691
MeSH Number(s)	E02.095
Concept/Terms	Biological Therapy Biological Therapy Biological Therapies Therapies, Biological Therapy, Biological Biologic Therapy Biologic Therapies Therapies, Biologic Therapy, Biologic Biotherapy Biotherapies

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Biological Therapy [E02.095]

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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	1	1	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2021	0	1	1

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Lou J, Ryan R, Wang D. Biologic Therapies for Discogenic Pain. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2025 Feb 11; 29(1):45.

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Freedman KB. Editorial Commentary: Risks of Biologic Therapies in Sports Medicine: Landmines on the Road to the Holy Grail. Arthroscopy. 2021 08; 37(8):2606-2607.

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Hadley CJ, Shi WJ, Murphy H, Tjoumakaris FP, Salvo JP, Freedman KB. The Clinical Evidence Behind Biologic Therapies Promoted at Annual Orthopaedic Meetings: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2019 01; 35(1):251-259.

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Khanna S, Pardi DS, Kelly CR, Kraft CS, Dhere T, Henn MR, Lombardo MJ, Vulic M, Ohsumi T, Winkler J, Pindar C, McGovern BH, Pomerantz RJ, Aunins JG, Cook DN, Hohmann EL. A Novel Microbiome Therapeutic Increases Gut Microbial Diversity and Prevents Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. J Infect Dis. 2016 07 15; 214(2):173-81.

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Gaspari AA, Tyring S. New and emerging biologic therapies for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: mechanistic rationales and recent clinical data for IL-17 and IL-23 inhibitors. Dermatol Ther. 2015 Jul-Aug; 28(4):179-93.

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Tzeng A, Tzeng TH, Vasdev S, Korth K, Healey T, Parvizi J, Saleh KJ. Treating periprosthetic joint infections as biofilms: key diagnosis and management strategies. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Mar; 81(3):192-200.

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Youngster I, Sauk J, Pindar C, Wilson RG, Kaplan JL, Smith MB, Alm EJ, Gevers D, Russell GH, Hohmann EL. Fecal microbiota transplant for relapsing Clostridium difficile infection using a frozen inoculum from unrelated donors: a randomized, open-label, controlled pilot study. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun; 58(11):1515-22.

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Ndao DH, Ladas EJ, Bao Y, Cheng B, Nees SN, Levine JM, Kelly KM. Use of complementary and alternative medicine among children, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors: a survey study. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2013 May; 35(4):281-8.

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Kepler CK, Anderson DG, Tannoury C, Ponnappan RK. Intervertebral disk degeneration and emerging biologic treatments. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2011 Sep; 19(9):543-53.

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Abboud JA. Current concepts in rotator cuff disease and treatment: editorial comment. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Jun; 468(6):1467-8.

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