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This article throws light upon the three types of recombinant vaccines. The three types are: (1) Subunit Vaccines (2) Attenuated Recombinant Vaccines and (3) Vector Recombinant Vaccines. Recombinant Vaccines—General: Recombinant DNA technology in recent years has become a boon to produce new generation vaccines. By this approach, some of the limitations (listed above) of traditional vaccine production could be overcome. [...]

Read this article to learn about the traditional vaccines and its drawbacks. Vaccination is the phenomenon of preventive immunization. In the modern concept, vaccination involves the administration (injection or oral) of an antigen to elicit an antibody response that will protect the organism against future infections. Vaccines, although in a very crude form, were used in a peculiar manner by [...]