Merck’s Adenovirus Misadventure. Merck is the biggest developer of Vaccines. It is also a pioneer in harnessing Adenoviruses to transfer genetic material into human cells. Today, we have more than a couple of vaccines that uses an adenovirus vector for covid-19 vaccine. But Merck has none. Why ? The story of modern day vaccines beganContinue reading “Merck’s Adenovirus Mis-adventure, 2007”
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The story of Benjamin Jetsy and Cowpox
Who discovered vaccination against Small Pox ? We all remember that in the year 1796, Edward Jenner, a British Physician had inoculated the son of his Gardener with the cow pox germ.Jenner had named this process as vaccination. In latin, Cow is known as Vacca. Here is the original story. Small pox was rampant inContinue reading “The story of Benjamin Jetsy and Cowpox”
Vaccine Story-1
Vaccine agents can be either Live whole cell ones, Killed whole cell or sub-unit vaccines. Sub Units can be one specific protein ( Spike protein ) or a slice of DNA or mRNA. Sub unit vaccines are developed only after molecular biology techniques are developed. Between live vaccine and killed vaccine, which is developed earlierContinue reading “Vaccine Story-1”
A Brief history of Immunology
We live in a dangerous world full of a billion pathogens ready to infect us at any time. No wonder nature has endowed us with a strong immunity against these pathogen. The whole history of our knowledge about such an important life story is hardly 120 years. The first Nobel prize in medicine was awardedContinue reading “A Brief history of Immunology”
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