Could DNA vaccines be the next tool in the world’s battle against COVID-19?

India last month said that it had created the world’s first DNA vaccine, ZyCoV-D. While standard vaccines use actual 'hardware' protein, DNA vaccines use the 'software' blueprint of the virus.

A man receives a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), manufactured by Serum Institute of India, inside a passenger bus in Ahmedabad, India, September 23, 2021

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIT DAVE)

ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 21:24

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