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What is used to make the measles vaccine-?

Updated: 11/14/2022
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BenHernandezgp4231

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The active ingredient is the live, attenuated (weakened) measles virus.

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The active ingredient is the live, attenuated (weakened) measles virus.

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The measles vaccine is a living, "weakened" form of the natural measles virus. To make certain vaccines, viruses are "weakened" by a process called "cell culture adaptation." "Cell culture adaptation" changes the natural measles virus so that it behaves differently once it enters the body.

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The active ingredient is the live, attenuated (weakened) measles virus.

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