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Who discovered the vaccine for the first time? Name two diseases that can be prevented by vaccines?


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Vaccines:

  1. Edward Jenner discovered the vaccine for the first time in 1796.
  2. The term vaccine was derived from the vaccine when he used the cowpox vaccine to protect from smallpox.
  3. The vaccine is defined as a biological preparation to boost immunity against a disease.
  4. Jenner is also recognized as the Father of Immunology.
  5. Diphtheria and Tetanus are two diseases that can be prevented by vaccines.

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