Vaccines have helped millions of people all over the world, preventing different sickness and diseases. Doctor’s and scientists have come up with hundreds of different vaccines. The way they are made is a process that needs to be very specific. Each vaccine is made differently but all have the same concept.
To understand how vaccines are made, one must understand how they were first invented. The first inoculation, what most people think was in 1796, actually occurred in China in the year 1000. Historians believe that that the “vaccination” was snorting pulverized smallpox scabs. Smallpox and other diseases such as whooping cough, typhoid fever, measles, yellow fever, and many more spread throughout Europe and the New World for hundreds of …show more content…
Some viruses such as measles, mumps, and chickenpox are used this way. These types of vaccines are used to make the immune system used to the virus in case one is effected. Another way a vaccine is created is by totally inactivating the virus completely. They are killed by a chemical, so it cannot reproduce itself once inserted into a patient. Vaccines for viruses such as polio, hepatitis A, and rabies are made this way. Using part of the virus is another way of how vaccines are made. Hepatitis B and the HPV shot are made this way. One of the last ways to create a vaccine is by using part of the bacteria. Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis are created this way. Scientists either take the sugar coating of the virus or they take the toxins and inactivate them with a chemical.
To make a vaccines, scientists begin growing small amounts of the virus, which must contain only the virus, having no impurities whatsoever. Depending on the virus, they must grow in certain temperatures, ensuring that it is made effectively. Once there is enough to of the virus, there is a separation of what is pure to use and what is not. One of the final steps is selecting the perfect strain that will be eventually killed or weakened. The quality of the vaccine is very important, so it must be transferred to hospitals and other locations in a safe way. The vaccinations are then observed and
To understand how vaccines are made, one must understand how they were first invented. The first inoculation, what most people think was in 1796, actually occurred in China in the year 1000. Historians believe that that the “vaccination” was snorting pulverized smallpox scabs. Smallpox and other diseases such as whooping cough, typhoid fever, measles, yellow fever, and many more spread throughout Europe and the New World for hundreds of …show more content…
Some viruses such as measles, mumps, and chickenpox are used this way. These types of vaccines are used to make the immune system used to the virus in case one is effected. Another way a vaccine is created is by totally inactivating the virus completely. They are killed by a chemical, so it cannot reproduce itself once inserted into a patient. Vaccines for viruses such as polio, hepatitis A, and rabies are made this way. Using part of the virus is another way of how vaccines are made. Hepatitis B and the HPV shot are made this way. One of the last ways to create a vaccine is by using part of the bacteria. Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis are created this way. Scientists either take the sugar coating of the virus or they take the toxins and inactivate them with a chemical.
To make a vaccines, scientists begin growing small amounts of the virus, which must contain only the virus, having no impurities whatsoever. Depending on the virus, they must grow in certain temperatures, ensuring that it is made effectively. Once there is enough to of the virus, there is a separation of what is pure to use and what is not. One of the final steps is selecting the perfect strain that will be eventually killed or weakened. The quality of the vaccine is very important, so it must be transferred to hospitals and other locations in a safe way. The vaccinations are then observed and