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vaccine

[vak-seen, vak-seen, -sin] / vækˈsin, ˈvæk sin, -sɪn /


NOUN
injection
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Processes that once took a month or more can now be completed in about a week, making it easier to compare multiple vaccine candidates.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

The approach offers a clearer view of how antibodies interact with viruses and could help guide future vaccine design.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

These viruses have long posed challenges for vaccine development because their surface proteins are especially difficult for the immune system to target.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Teenagers are offered the MenACWY vaccine, which protects against four types of bacteria that can cause meningitis but does not include MenB.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Polio, which had kept my parents quarantined indoors during the summers of their childhood, had been conquered by the Salk vaccine.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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