vaccine

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An agent containing @A00394@ produced from killed, attenuated or live pathogenic microorganisms, synthetic @P04479@ or by recombinant organisms, used for stimulating the immune system of the recipient to produce specific @A00384@ providing active immunity and/or passive immunity in the progeny.
Source:
PAC, 1992, 64, 143. (Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)) on page 167 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'vaccine' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.V06585 RIS BibTex EndNote
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