antigen
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The task force recommended against prostate-specific antigen tests in 2012—on the theory that it could turn up false positives and that slow-growing tumors are unlikely to kill patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The stronger shots have four times the antigen and are approved for those 65 and older.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
For something to qualify as a blood group system, researchers must connect an antigen to a defined genetic and molecular basis.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
This phenomenon, known as antigen escape, can allow cancer cells to survive even when a targeted treatment initially works.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 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
Vocabulary lists containing antigen
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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