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Relevancy for Prelims: Nobel Prize 2023, Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023, Covid Vaccine, mRNA vaccines, and DNA vaccine.
Relevancy for Mains: Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023, approaches were adopted by the Indian vaccine manufacturers to produce COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA and Other Vaccines, and Advantages and disadvantages of mRNA vaccines. |
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Vaccine Name | Platform | Manufacturer |
Covishield | A Recombinant Chimpanzee Adenovirus vector vaccine | Serum Institute of India, Pune |
COVAXIN | Inactivated vaccine | Bharat Biotech |
ZyCoV-D | DNA based vaccine | Cadila Healthcare Ltd |
Sputnik V | Combined Vector vaccine | Gamaleya Institute, Russia |
COVOVAX | SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein nanoparticle vaccine (SARS-CoV-2 rS) | Indian Council of Medical Research and Serum Institute of India |
Biological E’s novel Covid-19 vaccine | Corbevax containing Receptor Binding Domain of SARS-CoV-2 | Biological E. Limited |
Also read: ICMR Study On Covid
Advantage | Disadvantage |
Rapid research and development, simple production process | mRNA is unstable and easily degraded
(e.g. Covishield stored and transported at +2 0 to +8 ⁰ Celsius temperature.) |
mRNA vaccines do not require nuclear localization signals. transcription in vivo | Strong immunogenicity, triggering unnecessary immune response |
No risk of integration into the host DNA | Safety is lower than inactivated vaccines |
Effectiveness is higher than inactivated vaccines | Effectiveness is lower than DNA vaccines |
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, who together identified a chemical tweak to messenger RNA, thus both were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the year 2023. The advantages of the mRNA vaccine approach are numerous and, in addition to being used as a vaccine, mRNA can also be used as a protein supplement or replacement therapy to treat other diseases, driving the necessary research to overcome the current obstacles and limitations with the ultimate goal of developing an ideal form of medicine.
Attempt the PY Prelims Question:
In the context of vaccines manufactured to prevent COVID-19 pandemic, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Ans: B |
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Attempt the Mains Question: What is the basic principle behind vaccine development? How do vaccines work? What approaches were adopted by the Indian vaccine manufacturers to produce COVID-19 vaccines? (GS Paper 3: UPSC Mains 2023) |
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