[
US
/ˌvækˈsin/
]
[ UK /væksˈiːn/ ]
[ UK /væksˈiːn/ ]
NOUN
- immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
How To Use vaccine In A Sentence
- Thus, developing a vaccine directed against one or a few capsular polysaccharides may not be widely effective.
- Therefore, if the vaccine afforded protection for life, there would be a very strong argument in favor of universal vaccination - no chicken pox and no shingles.
- Immunoproteomics, a powerful tool for studying antigens at the proteomic level, allowed a comparative investigation of the immunogenicity of capsulate and non-capsulate strains of L. garvieae for vaccine development.
- A vaccine of this kind has been shown to protect against hepatitis B virus infections in chimpanzees and recently also in humans. Physiology or Medicine 1976 - Press Release
- His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines.
- The rabies vaccine is extremely effective but you can avoid the disease by keeping away any animal that isn't a pet. The Sun
- Getting governments to recognise the importance of an AIDS vaccine is as critical as getting the science right in the laboratory.
- A senate committee has killed a bill that would have ended Virginia's four-year-old mandate that girls receive the vaccine that protects against the human papillomavirus before enrolling in the sixth grade. Senate panel kills bill to end Virginia's HPV vaccine mandate
- I am compelled to add my personal plea to the current campaign for all young adults to receive the Salk vaccine.
- Jab hope in aids war AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease.