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name the organism from which the hepatitis B vaccine is produced?

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The hepatitis B vaccine is produced by using one of the viral envelope proteins of hepatitis B virus (surface antigen-HBsAg). This is produced in yeast cells in which the genetic code for HBsAg has been inserted.

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