recombinant human interleukin-2 (ree-KOM-bih-nunt HYOO-mun in-ter-LOO-kin...)
A drug used to treat some types of cancer. It is an interleukin-2 (a cytokine normally made by immune cells in the body) that is made in the laboratory. Recombinant human interleukin-2 increases the activity and growth of white blood cells called T cells and B cells. It is a type of biological response modifier. Also called aldesleukin and Proleukin.