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Question
What is a recombinant DNA vaccine? Give two examples.
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Solution
Recombinant DNA vaccines are the vaccines which are manufactured by Recombinant DNA technology. It involves the construction of a plasmid using a copy of DNA from pathogen with an empty plasmid.
Examples:
- Hepatitis B is produced from yeast culture (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
- Japanese encephalitis vaccine.
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