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Malaria vaccine

Recorded year2021

RTS,S becomes the first recommended malaria vaccine; R21 follows in 2023.

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Built on

Recombinant DNARecorded · 1973enables
Gene-engineered hepatitis B vaccineRecorded · 1986enables

Led to

Gene-drive mosquitoesForecast · ~2034enables
Malaria eradicatedForecast · ~2045enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.