Fridge-free vaccine candidates
- September 8, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Fridge-free vaccine candidates
Subject – Science and Tech
Context – Nanoengineers have developed Covid-19 vaccine candidates from plants or bacteria. They are also fridge-free — they do not need to be stored at extremely low temperatures.
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- Nanoengineers have developed Covid-19 vaccine candidates from plants or bacteria. They are also fridge-free — they do not need to be stored at extremely low temperatures.
- In mice, the vaccine candidates triggered high production of neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.
- The researchers created two vaccine candidates. One is made from a plant virus, called cowpea mosaic virus. The other is made from a bacterial virus, or bacteriophage, called Q beta.
- The vaccines are still in the early stage of development.