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CAR-T therapy engineers a patient's T cells to express chimeric antigen receptors targeting:

  1. Bacterial antigens
  2. Viral proteins
  3. Tumor-specific antigens
  4. Autoantigens

Answer: Tumor-specific antigens

CAR-T cells recognize cancer cell surface markers (e.g., CD19 in B-cell malignancies), triggering targeted destruction. Personalized immunotherapy with high response rates in refractory cancers. Approved for certain leukemias/lymphomas. [[ICMR Reports, NCERT Biology Class 12]]

Topic Biology - CAR-T Cell Therapy
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