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Approaches to the development of the dendritic cell and neoantigen-based antitumor vaccines

Bugaev-Makarovskiy NA, Ershov PV, Volkova AG, Makarova AS, Keskinov AA
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Centre for Strategic Planning and Management of Biomedical Health Risks of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Pavel V. Ershov
Pogodinskaya, 10, d. 1, Moscow, 119121, Russia; ur.abmfpsc@vohsrep

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Author contribution: all authors made equal contributions to the review preparation, writing, and editing

Received: 2023-05-10 Accepted: 2023-05-29 Published online: 2023-06-28
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