Would it be possible to inject a vaccine that binds to a virus into an animal?
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Vaccines generally don't "bind" to anything.  They work by mimicking an antigen and causing the body to generate antibodies against a known pathogen i.e. a virus.  The long and short of it is that it would definitely be possible to inject a vaccine into an animal, and it would also be possible to inject antibodies that bind to a virus into an animal, but by definition it would not be possible to inject a vaccine that binds a virus.
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Yes, through genetic splicing as long as an intron is inserted as well.
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I would think so.  All you would need is the antibodies that correspond to the antigens on what ever virus you are working with.
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did u mean polio vaccine? i dont think its any animal. the vaccine is cultured i think
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animals can be genetically modified to produce more milk in cows. mouse is used in transgenic approach to identify teh effect of deletion in a gene locus or mutations.
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injections are usually things that would be killed by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach, such as a weakened form of a virus which is a vaccination.
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It has to do with the material in which the vaccinating agent is carried. Some will dissove and be taken up into the body better in fat (those are the subcutaneous injections) and some in the blood (those are the intramuscular.) Some newer 'vaccinations' (gene therapy) are inhaled into the lungs, because the vaccines are intended to affect the lungs directly.
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There;\n\nhttp://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2005-38,GGLR:en&q=intramuscular%20injecting&sa=N&tab=wi
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Here are a few links:\n\nhttp://rhino.bocklabs.wisc.edu/virusworld/ICTV8/cpv-canine-parvovirus-ictv8.jpg\n\nhttp://rhino.bocklabs.wisc.edu/virusworld/jysart/cpv_asv2001.jpg\n\nhttp://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/WWW/335/Parvo.jpg\n\nhttp://gibk26.bse.kyutech.ac.jp/jouhou/image/dna-protein/all/N4dpv.gif\n\nhttp://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/Research/virus/capsids/4dpv-5A-large.jpg\n\nInfo on the virus: http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/WWW/335/Parvoviruses.html
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I don't think it's really possible to know that without testing it. But I would guess that your idea is right, because there would not be enough venom to kill an animal that large. It would probably make it sick. But then again, a whale, or any other really large animal, would react differently to the venom. It might kill it despite the size.
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We use transgenic mice all the time.  Your question is a bit vague though.
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No- this is not possible as the viruses that cause these diseases need something alive to live off of so once an animal dies, the viruses that causes these diseases also dies.
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Some viruses ('phages') can be used to insert certain genes into the living cell. This isn't a standard procedure in any way, but it's becoming more and more studied...
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We may be able to. There is a noval process known as RNAi.\n\nUsing RNAi in mice we have been able to destroy the genome of HIV and Hepatitus C viruses. This is amazing. Once we figured out a way to get it into a persons infected cells, we may well be able to cure a virus infection. It'll take many yearsn though, but watch this space.\n\nThe futures bright, the futures RNAi
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Many antidotes are actually antibody solutions- If you have a toxin in your body, and you are given on antibody (made in a culture dish, or by a different animal) then the antibody will bind to the toxin (or bacterial protein, etc) and decrease it's toxicity.  I won't go into the biochemistry of it.
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The German measles vaccine is a live irradiated virus, injected into you to stimulate an immune response.  The first thing the body does when it detects a virus or bacteria is to raise the body temperature.  While the body cells are quite capable of functioning in a higher temperature, virus and bacteria are extremely temperature sensitive and can't.  They quit reproducing and that gives the body immune system a chance to track them down.  Although you are only injected with a small amount, and it can't reproduce, your body doesn't know that- so it responds the way it was designed to.  Things go on red alert, the temperature goes up and the immune system goes into overdrive.   It normally only lasts a day, as that is all your body will need to take care of what was injected.  In the meantime, it's good news, lousy as you might feel, because you just confirmed you have a healthy and working immune system.
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No, I don't think so. My understanding is you would have to be living in very close surroundings with poultry that have the virus, or in close contact with live birds.\n\nHowever, I guess we'll be discovering new stuff about bird flu for years to come.