antigen
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In a Phase 1 trial, 14 of 17 patients showed at least a 50% reduction in prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, a protein that indicates the presence of prostate cancer at elevated levels.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Eli Lilly said Orna’s lead program, ORN-252, is a clinical trial-ready in-vivo chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, or CAR T, therapy designed to treat B cell-driven autoimmune diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
This method of antigen design and adenovirus delivery closely mirrors the approach used for the COVID-19 nasal vaccine.
From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026
They become "chimeric antigen receptor T-cells" - or CAR T-cells - and their numbers are greatly expanded in the lab to make millions of copies.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
When the connection is made, and a particular lymphocyte with a particular receptor is brought into the presence of the particular antigen, one of the greatest small spectacles in nature occurs.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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