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Mention the importance of Recombinant-DNA technology in terms of Vaccination ?

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Recombinant DNA technology has allowed the production of antigenic polypeptides of pathogen in bacteria or yeast.
Vaccines produced using this approach allow large scale production and hence availability for immunization, eg., hepatitis B vaccine is produced from yeast.
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