Dr Reddy\u2019s Laboratories (DRL) has applied for emergency use authorisation with the Indian drug regulator for Sputnik V vaccine. Earlier, DRL had indicated that it aimed to launch the vaccine in March itself if it gets the regulator’s nod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a vaccine that uses two different human common cold viruses (adenovirus) that have been modified so that the gene causing the cold infection is removed and instead replaced with a code to make SARS-CoV-2\u2019s \u2018spike protein\u2019 (the spikes seen on the surface of the virus, which allows it to penetrate the cells and replicate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The human adenoviruses then act as a vehicle to transport this code to the cells when a person is vaccinated, so that the body can develop an immune response in the form of antibodies to protect it in the event the real virus tries to infect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vaccine, named after the first Soviet space satellite, was developed by Moscow\u2019s Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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