COVID-19 and mRNA Vaccines

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  1. 2. Defensive white blood cells that produce antibodies that attack antigens.
  2. 4. White blood cells that swallow up and digest dead or dying cells. Leaves behind antigens.
  3. 7. Where RNA strands in mRNA vaccines synthesize proteins.
  4. 9. Vaccines: Can be administered directly as DNA or RNA. Several of these are mRNA vaccines that deliver the spike protein gene.
  5. 10. Vaccines prepare the ________ system for fighting against disease causing organisms.
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  1. 1. Disease causing organisms are called _________
  2. 3. White blood cells that attack cells in the body that have already been infected.
  3. 5. Requires uninterrupted refrigeration for transportation and storage, causing issues for distribution of the vaccine.
  4. 6. spike: Antibodies that bind to the ______ ________ on the virus's surface are thought to be the most important for protection from disease.
  5. 8. Vaccines: contain material from the virus that causes COVID-19 that gives our cells instructions for how to make a harmless protein that is unique to the virus.