Explain the term DNA vaccine

Explain the term DNA vaccine?

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The DNA vaccine or DNA vaccination is a vaccination technology depends on genetic engineering. In DNA vaccination, a recombinant plasmid (or vector) having the gene of a particular antigen which is part of a given pathogenic agent is inserted into the cells of individual to be immunized. Such cells then start to generate the antigen which triggers the primary immune response and hypothetically the individual becomes immunized beside that antigen.

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