adjuvant
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In cancer immunotherapy, tumor derived molecules called antigens are paired with immune stimulating compounds known as adjuvants.
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With few approved drugs, little progress in the antifungal pipeline, and rising resistance, researchers are now focusing on a different approach using compounds known as adjuvants.
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The study claimed to find a strong correlation between the use in vaccines of aluminum adjuvants and rising autism in the 1980s and 1990s.
The adjuvant is a substance that activates the immune system to recognize the antigen, treat it as a foreign intruder and eliminate it.
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The T-vant adjuvant is derived from bacterial outer membrane vesicles, tiny particles that naturally stimulate the immune system.
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