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What Is a Vaccine?

What Is a Vaccine?

Four vaccine types: a weakened pathogen, a killed pathogen, pathogen surface proteins, and genetic instructions that cause cells to make a harmless antigen A vaccine contains a harmless form of a pathogen or its antigens. This may be a dead or weakened pathogen, fragments of its surface, or genetic instructions for making a harmless antigen.

3.1.7 Vaccination Lesson

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Step-by-step lessons on AQA GCSE Biology 3.1.7 Vaccination. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the foundational topics and build up to the higher-tier material.

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