antigen
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In the context of drug development, antibody aggregation can compromise their capacity to bind to antigens and diminish their therapeutic potential.
From Science Daily
In addition, it may be possible to introduce an additional binding site through which the antigen could be bound directly to the adjuvant without compromising its effect -- a requirement for the development of self-adjuvating vaccines.
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The body makes cells called antibodies that recognize specific antigens and help destroy them.
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One strategy, chimeric antigen receptor T cell, or CAR-T, therapy, is a personalized treatment that engineers a cancer patient’s own immune cells to target and destroy their malignant cells.
From Science Magazine
Immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint blockade, rely heavily on reactivating CD8+ T cells, which recognize tumor antigens through specific surface molecules on cancer cells.
From Science Daily
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