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Vaccines Preparation

Vaccines Preparations - Production of vaccines involves growing the microbes possessing the antigenic properties needed to elicit a primary immune response. Mutant strains and attenuated or inactivated virulent pathogens (without removing antigens) are used for producing vaccines. Prophylactic treatment of serious pathogenic viruses and bacteria could become possible only by vaccines.

Viruses are grown in embryonated eggs or tissue cultures. The rabies vaccine, produced earlier in embryonated duck eggs with painful side effects has now been replaced by a vaccine produced in human fibroblast tissue cultures. More information on vaccines including genetically engineered vaccines on "General (nonspecific) and Immune (specific) Response"

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