Medical treatment using substances or techniques derived from living organisms, such as gene therapy or immunotherapy.
From bio- (life) + therapy (Greek therapeia, healing, treatment). This modern term gained prominence in the 1990s with advances in molecular medicine.
Biotherapy is why some cancer treatments now use a patient's own immune cells, reprogrammed and multiplied to fight tumors—it's harnessing life to heal itself!
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