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PCR tests are highly sensitive and are good at detecting the virus in your body. Rapid antigen tests are generally less sensitive. People who tested positive for COVID previously needed to isolate ...

Antigen processing and presentation is the process by which protein antigen is ingested by an antigen-presenting cell (APC), partially digested into peptide fragments and then displayed on the ...

More recently, immune-modulatory approaches, including the use of T-cell checkpoint inhibitors or agents that can affect T-cell or antigen-presenting cell function, have been studied. Most ...

Saliva-based antigen tests that dramatically shorten the testing time for COVID-19 started on July 29 at Haneda and Narita airports. The antigen tests will be offered at Kansai Airport starting on ...

With cancer vaccines, the successful eradication of tumors relies on the persistent delivery of antigenic APCs to prime potent, antigen specific, cytotoxic T cells. Current peptide antigen delivery ...

Utilizing an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) based on preidentified criteria and weighted by a panel of experts, Cheever and colleagues constructed priority rankings of 75 cancer antigens.