India’s First vaccine for children above 12
- World’s first plasmid DNA vaccine to be approved.
Plasmid : Circular DNA
Insert: Code for the spike protein.
Plasmid carries the gene and enters our nucleus, codes for the spike protein
- A DNA vaccine can be edited easily. It can be adapted to a new variants on demand.
- India’s first vaccine for 12-18 years
- Schedule: 3 doses at 4 week interval
- It uses a Jet injector, should be less painful.
- Prepared by department of Bio-technology. GOI and Zydus Cadila Pharma.
- Efficacy found to be 66.6% from among 28,000 participants.
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