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DNA Vaccine Adjuvant
RIG-1 Activating Vectors/PAMPS Type I Interferon induction
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Imject Alum Adjuvant
Mild, effective adjuvant in a ready-to-use formulation!
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ad⋅ju⋅vant

  [aj-uh-vuhnt]
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–adjective
1. serving to help or assist; auxiliary.
2. Medicine/Medical. utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery.
–noun
3. a person or thing that aids or helps.
4. anything that aids in removing or preventing a disease, esp. a substance added to a prescription to aid the effect of the main ingredient.
5. Immunology. a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response.
Origin:
1600–10; < L adjuvant- (s. of adjuvāns, prp. of adjuvāre), equiv. to ad- ad- + juv- (s. of juvāre to help) + -ant- -ant
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DNA Vaccine Adjuvant
RIG-1 Activating Vectors/PAMPS Type I Interferon induction
www.natx.com
Imject Alum Adjuvant
Mild, effective adjuvant in a ready-to-use formulation!
www.piercenet.com
ad·ju·vant   (āj'ə-vənt)   
n.  

  1. A pharmacological agent added to a drug to increase or aid its effect.

  2. An immunological agent that increases the antigenic response.


[From Latin adiuvāns, adiuvant-, present participle of adiuvāre, to help; see aid.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1ad·ju·vant
Pronunciation: 'aj-&-v&nt
Function: adjective
1 : serving to aid or contribute
2 : assisting in the prevention, amelioration, or cure of disease <adjuvant chemotherapy following surgery>

Main Entry: 2adjuvant
Function: noun
: one that helps or facilitates: as a : an ingredient (as in a prescription or solution) that facilitatesor modifies the action of the principal ingredient adjuvants> b : something (as a drug or method) that enhancesthe effectiveness of a medical treatment adjuvants to surgery> c : a substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen
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adjuvant ad·ju·vant (āj'ə-vənt)
n.

  1. A pharmacological agent added to a drug, predictably affecting the action of the drug's active ingredient.

  2. An immunological vehicle for enhancing antigenicity, such as a water-in-oil emulsion in which antigen solution is emulsified in mineral oil. Also called immunoadjuvant.

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adjuvant

substance that enhances the effect of a particular medical treatment. Administration of one drug may enhance the effect of another. In anesthesia, for example, sedative drugs are customarily given before an operation to reduce the quantity of anesthetic drug needed. In immunology an adjuvant is a substance that increases the body's reaction to a foreign substance. The reaction to diphtheria toxoid-modified form of the toxin, or poisonous substance, produced by the organism that causes diphtheria-is increased, for example, if the toxoid is adsorbed (attached) to particles of aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate.

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