antigen

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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.

From Science Daily

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.

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Immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint blockade, rely heavily on reactivating CD8+ T cells, which recognize tumor antigens through specific surface molecules on cancer cells.

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Consequently, IgM can bind to multiple antigens at the same time, clearing them quickly.

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