Before knowing about how MODERNA, PFIZER/BIONTECH, ASTREZENCA vaccines were developed and their mechanism of action, first it’s important to known that what is the common procedure for developing a vaccine. 1. DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINE: For developing a certain vaccine one company has to follow certain procedure and guidelines with a goal of developing a safe […]
Category: Vaccines
COVAXIN Vaccine
COVAXIN is one of the covid -19 vaccines developed against Sars-Covid-19 by Bharat biotech in collaboration with ICMR- National Institute of Virology (NIV). COVAXIN is developed using inactivated whole virion (Virus). This virion do not replicate inside the body as this is a dead virus and incapable of causing disease. This inactivated whole virion present […]
Covishield Vaccine
Covishield (ChAdOx1 nCoV- 19 Corona Virus Vaccine) is one the vaccine developed against Covid-19 caused SARS-Cov-2, it is Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India by Serum Institute. It is a recombinant vaccine. Recombinant vaccine is produced using recombinant DNA technology, it involves insertion of DNA that codes for antigen stimulating immune response into a harmless viral/bacterial […]