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curative

[kyoor-uh-tiv] / ˈkyʊər ə tɪv /


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In aplastic anemia, where the marrow stops making enough blood cells, and in inherited blood disorders such as sickle-cell disease, stem-cell transplantation has emerged as a curative therapy as the procedure has become safer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

While there are medical based treatments such as chemotherapy, steroids and hormone therapy available, none of them are "curative", he said.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

This particular case is one that led to his revelation about using the placenta to create his curative lens, but it was also a case/client that tested his resolve.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024

But the specific pathways by which the virus does so are still being elucidated, and curative treatments are nonexistent.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

Later, indeed, Holmes would establish his own curative spa on the second floor of his Englewood building and call it the Silver Ash Institute.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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