Tuberculosis or TB (short for tubercle bacillus) is a common, and in many cases a lethal, infection caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis typically attacks the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air when people who have
β-Propiolactone is a disinfectant used to sterilize blood plasma, vaccines, tissue grafts, surgical instruments, and enzymes. It is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of other chemical compounds. According to Wikipedia, “its use has been mostly phased out in favor of safer and less expensive alternatives”, but it is still
Bovine extracts are cow-derived products used in vaccine manufacture. Cow products used include Amino acids Glycerol, Detergents, Gelatin, Enzymes, Blood. Cow tallow derivatives used in vaccine manufacture include glycerol. Gelatin and some amino acids come from cow bones. Cow skeletal muscle is used to prepare certain complex vaccine media. Many difficult to grow microorganisms required the addition of serum from blood