Thimerosal Preservative - Biotech, Pharma and Life Science Channel
Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative that has been used for decades in the United States in multi-dose vials (vials containing more than one dose) of some vaccines to prevent the growth of germs, bacteria and fungi, that can contaminate them.
What are preservatives and why are they sometimes used in vaccines?
Preservatives have been used in vaccines for more than 70 years and are added to vaccines to prevent the growth of bacteria or fungi that could possibly make the vaccine in multi-dose vials unsafe. This may occur when a syringe needle enters a vial as a vaccine is being prepared for administration. Contamination by germs in a vaccine could cause serious infections.
Source: CDC
PubMed Articles
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Prenatal and Infant Exposure to Thimerosal From Vaccines and Immunoglobulins and Risk of Autism.
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Making sense of epidemiological studies of young children exposed to thimerosal in vaccines.
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Canonical transient receptor potential 6 (TRPC6), a redox-regulated cation channel.
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Mercury Levels in Premature and LBW Infants Receiving Thimerosal-containing Vaccines
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Thimerosal
An ethylmercury-sulfidobenzoate that has been used as a preservative in VACCINES; ANTIVENINS; and OINTMENTS. It was formerly used as a topical antiseptic. It degrades to ethylmercury and thiosalicylate.
