antigens
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In cancer immunotherapy, tumor derived molecules called antigens are paired with immune stimulating compounds known as adjuvants.
From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026
Dendritic cell vaccines are created by collecting immature immune cells from a patient's blood and growing them in the laboratory alongside antigens taken from that patient's tumor.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026
Illumination with red light is designed to rupture the cell, releasing cancer antigens that may activate the body’s immune system to fight the cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
For those reasons, many doctors recommend men stop getting tested for prostate-cancer-related antigens, through what’s known as a PSA test, around age 70 or 75, depending on the individual’s overall health.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
No one, in fact, can lay claim with certainty to his own mind with anything like the specificity stipulated by fingerprints or tissue antigens.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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