adjuvant
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Nevertheless, negative results for breast cancer drug candidate giredestrant as a first-line treatment mean the majority of its opportunity is in the so-called adjuvant setting, when drugs are given after tumor-removal surgery, the analysts add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The adjuvant is a substance that activates the immune system to recognize the antigen, treat it as a foreign intruder and eliminate it.
From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025
That’s the standard approach for most vaccines, because the antibody responses that you get are actually stronger with a protein and an adjuvant than with an mRNA.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025
The study found that the adjuvant encouraged a mucosal immune response, spurring the activation of immune cells in the respiratory tract critical for halting the bacteria's ability to colonize.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
No adjuvant treatment was employed in this case.
From The Electric Bath by Schweig, George M.
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