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ADJUVANTS

30th March, 2023

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Context

  • A Chinese research team has now created two novel broad-spectrum adjuvants that can dramatically boost the immune response to vaccines using computer-aided molecular design and machine learning.

Adjuvant

  • An adjuvant is a substance that increases or modulates the immune response to a vaccine.
  • The word "adjuvant" comes from the Latin word adiuvare, meaning to help or aid.
  • An immunologic adjuvant is defined as any substance that acts to accelerate, prolong, or enhance antigen-specific immune responses when used in combination with specific vaccine antigens.
  • Aluminum salts, such as aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, and aluminum potassium sulfate have been used safely in vaccines for more than 70 years.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. Which of the following are used as Adjuvants in making Vaccines?

1. Aluminum hydroxide.

2. Lead.

3. Calcium.

4. Phosphorus.

Answer: Option 1

 

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