Problem
• How do inactivated vaccines prevent disease? Briefly describe what an inactivated vaccine is and include "secondary response" in your discussion.
• Explain why O- is considered a universal donor and why AB+ is considered a universal recipient. Even so, why can't whole blood O- be donated to a person of type "AB+ blood"?
Write short essay (that fits in the lines provided) that addresses the questions below.
The answers cannot be found in your notes, rather, will require some research beyond the class notes. The essay must be written in complete sentences in paragraph form, with no bullet points, no drawings, nor abbreviations.
1) What is injected into your body in COVID-19 vaccines such as Pfizer and Moderna?
2) What "instructions" do COVID-19 vaccines provide our body cells?
3) Based on the first question ("What is inject..."), how are these COVID-19 vaccines different from the annual flu vaccine?
4) Briefly describe Katalin Kariko's contribution to the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Related to this, when did she first begin her work?