Medically reviewed by Gurdeep S. Sareen, PharmD Inactivated vaccines, also called killed vaccines, are made from a protein or ...

Live-attenuated viral vaccines (LAV) have been used safely for several decades in healthy individuals to protect against diseases with great success. In immunocompromised hosts their use is ...

Use the tissue culture to grow new viruses. You are about to create a live-attenuated vaccine, which means that you need to alter a pathogen—in this case a measles virus—so that it will still ...

We administered live attenuated varicella vaccine to 187 healthy adults seronegative to varicella-zoster virus (VZV); 176 have been followed at least 2 mos. 121/176 (69%) received 2 doses about 3 ...

Use the tissue culture to grow new viruses. The goal in creating a killed vaccine is to disable a pathogen's replicating ability (its ability to enter cells and multiply) while keeping intact its ...

The global sales of attenuated vaccines are projected to soar, with an estimated worth of USD 5,068.2 million in 2024 and anticipated to reach USD 9,693.9 million by 2034. This growth trajectory ...

Research shows a single yellow fever vaccine provides lifelong immunity, with breakthrough infections being rare, supporting WHO guidelines on vaccination.

The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

The safety issues around live attenuated strains has to do with the fact that these vaccines contain a weakened version of the pathogen it's protecting against. In very rare cases, these pathogens ...

The BCG TB Vaccine Scar, also known online as the Immigrant Shot Scar, refers to a specific scar left on the upper arm of ...

Childhood vaccinations are crucial for protecting children from deadly infections. Vaccines work by stimulating the immune ...