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immunogenic

American  
[im-yuh-noh-jen-ik, ih-myoo-nuh-] / ˌɪm jə noʊˈdʒɛn ɪk, ɪˌmju nə- /

adjective

  1. causing or capable of producing an immune response.


immunogenic British  
/ ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

  1. causing or producing immunity or an immune response

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of immunogenic

First recorded in 1930–35; immuno- + -genic

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“Everyone knows the cell-based vaccines are better, more immunogenic, and offer better production,” said Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2024

The team subcutaneously transplanted weakly immunogenic and strongly immunogenic tumor cells into B4GALT3 knockout and wild-type mice, to examine for tumor cell growth.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2023

Efforts are now underway to design Cas9 to be less immunogenic or to be quickly eliminated from cells after it makes the needed DNA cut.

From Science Magazine May 23, 2023

A randomized clinical trial has found that the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Novavax Inc. is “safe, immunogenic, and efficacious in preventing” the coronavirus in adolescents.

From Washington Times Apr. 26, 2023

“We need to know: How immunogenic is it if we put it into humans?”

From Scientific American Mar. 29, 2023

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