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Q. Second generation vaccines are prepared by recombinant DNA technology. Which out of the following are the examples of such vaccines?

Biotechnology and its Applications

Solution:

The second generation vaccines are produced with the help of genetic engineering techniques. Two examples of such vaccines are hepatitis-B vaccine and herpes virus vaccine. These are more uniform in quality and produce less side effects as compared to first generation vaccines produced by conventional methods.