Vaccines

Question 1

Vaccines are composed of three part mixture:

Answer 1

Antigens
Adjuvant
Preservative

Question 2

Antigens

Answer 2

Piece of the pathogen which pieces to use is a complication question

Question 3

Adjuvant

Answer 3

A general term for a substance that irritates the immune system, causing activation

Question 4

Preservative

Answer 4

Vaccines must travel and be stored until use, and so need stabilizing components

Question 5

The antigens can either be:

Answer 5

Live attenuated
Or inactivated pathogens

Or
mRNA

Question 6

mRNA vaccine

Answer 6

Contains just the mRNA that codes for an antigen

Contained in a lipid or an inactivated viral capsid

Question 7

What do live attenuated vaccines do

Answer 7

Take the pathogen and alter its genome to remove virulence factors. It can still replicate, but won’t make you sick.

Question 8

Inactivated vaccines

Answer 8

Either the whole pathogen with genome removed, or just pieces of the pathogen (no genetic info)