Q. 70 What are recombinant DNA vaccines? Give two examples of such vaccines. Discuss their advantages.
pathogen.
This recombinant DNA is introduced in to the bacteria or yeast cells, where it can use cell's machinery to produce polypeptides of pathogen. These are used as vaccine to trigger a range of immune responses.
Vaccines produced by using this approach allow large scale production. e.g.,
(i) Hepatitis-B vaccine produced from yeast.
(ii) Bird flu DNA vaccine.
Advantages
(i) Recombinant DNA vaccines are advantageous over killed or attenuated vaccines since, they does not get virulent or mutated again as it is seen in case of attenuated vaccines.
(ii) Secondly these are highly pure, specific and elicits strong immune response.
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