When T-cell function is absent in T-cell disorders, the disorder can be lethal. Conventional clinical management for absent T-cell function consists of immune reconstitution using stem cell or bone marrow transplantation. Partial T-cell defects commonly cause abnormalities of immune regulation.
modernism - the quality of being current or of the present; a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village. contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernity, modernness. currentness, up-to-dateness, currency - the property of belonging to the present time; the currency of a slang term.
This is not too surprising, since we are constantly moving forward in time, and what is considered modern painting or modern sculpture today, may not be seen as modern in fifty years time. Even so, it is traditional to say that Modern Art means works produced during the approximate period 1870-1970. This Modern era followed a long period of domination by Renaissance-inspired academic art, promoted by the network of European Academies of Fine Art.