DNA vaccines have been researched, and scientists are trying to find ways to put them into use and cure diseases in humans and animals. Vaccines activate the protective immunity that is an effect natural infection, without having to become sick with an infection (Paul Offit, 2014). Vaccines reduced the probability of people today to get diseases like the measles, and other major infectious diseases (Anonymous, 2011). Vaccines are not always safe, and also lots of vaccines are not always as effective as wanted (Anonymous, 2011). Edward Jenner was a scientist and physician who first introduced the smallpox vaccine in 1796(Mary Quirk, N.d). Eric Simon, Jean Dickey, Jane Reece, and Neil Campbell (1967) state that DNA is the genetic material that organisms inherit from their parents and ancestors. The information in DNA is made up of a code containing four letters A, G, C, and T (Anonymous, 2014). The order of these four letters in DNA determines how the organisms maintain its information (Anonymous, 2014). A DNA vaccine is where genetic material is injected into an organism; this can cause some of the cells to produce the gene product (Koprowski, 1998).
DNA vaccines have many advantages over normal vaccines (Anonymous, 2005). An advantage is that DNA vaccines are not as exposed to temperature change (Anonymous, 2005). Another advantage is DNA vaccines let more than one vaccine to be combined in one DNA vaccination; this could allow two diseases to be fought at the same time, within the same vaccination (Anonymous, 2005). Also once a vaccine model is developed; it’s easier for similar organisms to adapt (Anonymous, 2005). DNA vaccines only contain DNA and no infectious agents; therefore the vaccinations avoid the danger of reinf...
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... cellular reactions and affect the immunity (Anonymous, 2012).
DNA vaccines have been being researched for the past 20 years, and it has evolved quickly through clinical trials (Anonymous, 2012). DNA vaccines to control diseases in humans will be an outbreak, and scientists are starting to understand how they can make it work and control diseases in humans (Anonymous, 2013). These vaccines have many advantages and not a lot of downfalls, so if they work it will be very important (Anonymous, 2013). The DNA vaccines are meant to improve the immunity of the hosts and control diseases (Scuderi, 2003). DNA vaccine is much more reliable than normal vaccines, especially when using the gene gun because it is rapid and efficient (O'Brian, Lummis, N.d). Scientists have discovered many ways to control disease with DNA vaccines, and they will continue to run clinical trials.
The article’s information is presented with the goal of informing a reader on vaccines. The evidence is statistical and unbiased, showing data on both side effects and disease prevention, providing rates of death and serious illness from both sides. This evidence is sourced from a variety of medical organizations and seems reliable, logical, and easily understood, no language that would inspire an emotional response is used. The validity of studies is not mentioned in the article, but it does encourage readers to investigate further to help make a decision. The article allows a reader to analyze the presented evidence and come to their own
... much advancement in medicine has been created to improve life. The most common today is the cure for certain viruses. By simply taking a shot containing a vaccine, that took extensive amount of research and self-intuition, one can dramatically reduce their chance of the virus affecting them later on.
Vaccines have been used to prevent diseases for centuries, and have saved countless lives of children and adults. The smallpox vaccine was invented as early as 1796, and since then the use of vaccines has continued to protect us from countless life threatening diseases such as polio, measles, and pertussis. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2010) assures that vaccines are extensively tested by scientist to make sure they are effective and safe, and must receive the approval of the Food and Drug Administration before being used. “Perhaps the greatest success story in public health is the reduction of infectious diseases due to the use of vaccines” (CDC, 2010). Routine immunization has eliminated smallpox from the globe and led to the near removal of wild polio virus. Vaccines have reduced some preventable infectious diseases to an all-time low, and now few people experience the devastating effects of measles, pertussis, and other illnesses.
With vaccines more abundant we can eradicate harmful disease like HPV, influenza, and Hepatitis. All treatable and yet still common among many communities in the United States. The only chance is providing people the necessary information and requiring mandated immunizations with no exempts in every state. Then maybe we can eradicate those diseases and permanently wipe them off worldwide like small-pox. Vaccines are safe and if we continue providing them we could eventually face disease like HIV and even some cancer that have not ever been able to treat in the future.
A vaccination is the injection of weak disease-causing agents that help the body develop immunity against specific infectious diseases ("Why Are Childhood Vaccines So Important?"). It is through these vaccinations that children will develop immunity without suffering from the actual diseases that vaccines prevent ("Why Are Childhood Vaccines So Important?"). The field of medicine has come a long way. Vaccines are considered to be one of the public health’s greatest accomplishments to date. With the help of vaccines and public health, the overall goal is to prevent disease and promote health.
Edward Jenner is often regarded as the “Father of Immunology” for his development of the smallpox vaccine. His remarkable discovery has laid the foundation for future scientists working with immunizations. Jenner’s impact is seen worldwide to this day with the complete eradication of the deadly smallpox virus. Edward Jenner’s Legacy will always live on as the first to vaccinate using a live virus. Vaccines are improving everyday, which benefits the public’s health, all thanks to Edward Jenner.
Preventing serious infections by making a person immune to the infection is called immunization. This process is usually performed by the administration of a vaccine to stimulate the person’s immune system to protect them against a subsequent infection or disease. According to the World Health Organization (2016), more than 5 million deaths were prevented annually between 2010 and 2015 due to vaccinations that were used around the world. Vaccines work with the natural ability of the human immune system to develop immunity to fight disease. When a foreign infectious pathogen such as bacteria or a virus enters the body, it multiplies and becomes an infection and in many cases, this infection leads to an illness. To understand how vaccines
Vaccinations are most effective when used preventatively rather than curatively. Vaccines help to reduce contraction and spread of infectious diseases and lead to healthy populations. With continued use and research, we have and will continue to gain and understanding about how vaccines work and how they can benefit our society, both now and in the future. Although there are minor concerns to consider when choosing whether to become vaccinated, the benefits greatly outweigh the risk involved. Providing vaccines and immunization is a worthy practice that has proven itself over time. With continued administration, we can have safer communities, and help to reduce disease today while working toward the elimination and eradication of diseases in the future.
Vaccines have been proven to save the lives of many people. There has also been a decrease in vaccine-preventable
Throughout the years the world has made many medicals advancements, one including vaccines. A vaccine is a substance that produces immunity from a disease, which is usually injected by a shot. Vaccines train the immune system by injected the disease into you so that when you come around the bacteria or virus again your body is able to fight it off. When the bacteria or virus enters the body immune cells attack it by producing protein molecules also knowns as antibodies. These antibodies then attack the virus or bacteria. The first immunisation known to us today happened hundreds of years ago when the Buddhist monks drank snake venom to make their bodies immune to a snake bite. However people consider Edward Jenner to be the founder of vaccinations. In 1798 He injected a thirteen year old with cowpox to demonstrate immunity to smallpox. Vaccines are extremely important because they aren’t like many other health things. For example if you don’t go to the dentist that is your own choice and it may have a big affect on you but it most likely won’t affect other people. But with vaccines it can affect the people around you as well as your community. You can catch or spread a disease in a workplace or school.
Although there are many misconceptions and views made about this treatment, vaccinations are one of the most crucial and essential factors of life, acknowledged by healthcare professionals as being by far the safest and most effective method in stopping the spread of many of the world’s life-threatening diseases. It ensures that the lives of millions are protected, also securing the health and safety of future generations.
Having an immune system is a very powerful and important role most of our bodies have. It is our natural way of defending our body against infectious organisms and other intruders by attacking the organisms that could possibly cause disease. On the other hand, Vaccines are also very important to us. They can literally stimulate someone’s immune system by producing immunity to a specific disease which will prevent you from being infected. In fact according to research, vaccines have decreased the number of infections from preventable diseases by more than ninety percent. The brilliant man behind the invention of vaccines goes by the name of Edward Jenner. The country doctor living in England performed the world’s first vaccination in 1796 against small pox. During the eighteenth century smallpox sadly killed nearly
Vaccines prevent diseases. Vaccines can prevent life threatening diseases. Vaccines work a lot, but even
The disadvantage to a vaccine is that some need to be given yearly such as the flu shot. The flu shot is different every year based on what strain is going around at that time. This means that each year there is a different type of flu vaccine that needs to be produced for flu season. Live attenuated vaccines also can be a disadvantage because if they need to be sent over seas it is hard to do so because these types of vaccines need to be kept to a certain temperature which is hard to do when sent over seas. Also since they use living viruses these microbes could revert and form and cause disease. Live vaccines are difficult to create for bacteria’s. The reason they are difficult to create is because a bacterium has hundreds or thousands of genes and these are harder to
Vaccines boost your immune system by helping the body to create antibodies for a specific disease so that next time when a real infection comes along your body is prepared for the infection which in turn aids in antibody resistance. Biotechnology has provided tools for understanding virulence which is the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease (virulence meaning: Collins English Dictionary 2014) and how microbial immunogens function and secondly it offers new ways for creating vaccines (Fields and Chanock, 1989).