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What is
personalized neoepitope yeast vaccine YE-NEO-001
?Pronunciation: /ˈpərsənəˌlaɪzd neoepitope* jist ˌvækˈsin jɛ ˈnioʊ wən/
personalized neoepitope yeast vaccine YE-NEO-001
Definition
A cancer vaccine composed of a heat-killed yeast that has been genetically modified to express patient-specific neoantigen epitopes. Upon vaccination, neoepitope yeast vaccine YE-NEO-001 may elicit a targeted CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocyte-mediated immune response against tumor cells expressing these specific epitopes.