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adjuvant

[aj-uh-vuhnt] / ˈædʒ ə vənt /












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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

Vaccines -- regardless the target disease -- contain two primary components: The antigen and the adjuvant.

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

Where it does not disagree with the patient, milk is the best adjuvant possible to the diet.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)