Public Health & Epidemiology · Recorded milestone
Gene-engineered hepatitis B vaccine
Recorded year1986
Merck's Recombivax HB, made by yeast carrying a virus gene, is the first genetically engineered vaccine and also prevents liver cancer.
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- HPV vaccineRecorded · 2006enables
- Malaria vaccineRecorded · 2021enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.