VACCINE FOR DUMMIES. Despite I noticed that my Twitter is full of VACCINOLOGIST I decided to make this extremely simple graphic to explain how the 3 main #vaccine platforms works.
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The goal of a vaccine is to present the virus (or part of it) to our 'army' (the immune system). If our army recognizes the virus it can fight it.
1) easiest method is to provide the entire virus (dead or inactive)= classical vaccine (SINOVAC)
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1) easiest method is to provide the entire virus (dead or inactive)= classical vaccine (SINOVAC)
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2)I present to my immune system only one part of the virus, something that charcterize it (hallmark) in this case spike. Here specifically is another virus carrying the spike protein used as a vector (DHL,Bartolini etc). (ASTRA)
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3) mRNA vaccine, I provide to my body the instruction to build 'in house' part of the virus (spike) and subsequently recognize it and destroy the actual virus.
Immunologists forgive me for all the exemplification.
@Doom3Gloom @kio_avalon
Immunologists forgive me for all the exemplification.
@Doom3Gloom @kio_avalon
@CrossWordsCW @gianlucac1 @GianlucaPistore @gloquenzi @f_ronchetti @ThManfredi @davidemancino1 @IgorFobia @Di_SPACE_Lauro @luca_forconi
@GiacomoGorini @bad_scientists @mtizzoni @EricTopol
@DarioBressanini @marcocattaneo @ScaltritiLab
@nevillesanjana @antonioripa @antonioripa
@GiacomoGorini @bad_scientists @mtizzoni @EricTopol
@DarioBressanini @marcocattaneo @ScaltritiLab
@nevillesanjana @antonioripa @antonioripa
Especially @GiacomoGorini forgive me =)
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