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Dr. Mabuse
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Posted - 09/23/2008 :  13:30:53  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message  Reply with Quote
On Swedish news today...

"My" University closest to where I live and where I studied Astronomy, presents the first step toward an HIV vaccine. Through gene-modification of edible plants, the research team developed crops (carrots among others) that contains a special protein which they hope will trigger immune response which will target HIV.

Yes, that's right: eat carrots and become immune...

They also mentioned a few other viral infections that should be possible to target with grown, edible vaccine.

They are now testing on mice, and said if everything goes as planned, human testing should commence 3 years from now.

http://www.oru.se/templates/oruExtNormal____40417.aspx

The research group at Örebro Life Science Center has successfully transformed Arabidopsis thaliana and has gone on to produce several transformed plant lines, which express the protein corresponding to the inserted gene. We have also shown that the gene is inherited by the offspring. Hopefully, the protein expressed by these plants will elicit the immune system in the mucosal tissues during consumption.

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Posted - 10/11/2008 :  04:31:06   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send dglasgow a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Which are the vaccines fight against the disease causing germs?
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Simon
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Posted - 10/11/2008 :  10:19:35   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Simon a Private Message  Reply with Quote
dglasgow; sorry; I am not sure I understand your question.


And Doc; that's pretty cool and smart. The mucosal immune system is mostly independent from the systemic one. Therefore, injecting a vaccine has only a limited effect on the immune system in the mucosa.
That do require the antigen to be stable at low pH though, so not every vaccines might be good candidate.


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Dr. Mabuse
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Posted - 10/11/2008 :  11:17:14   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by dglasgow

Which are the vaccines fight against the disease causing germs?

I'm sorry, dglasgow, but I can't make sense of it either.

They are taking specific proteins from the HIV-virus and implant it in the food. Then they hope that the immune system will react to the protein, and prepare the body to fight it. When the real HIV-virus comes, will body will recognize the protein in the virus and attack it, stopping it dead.


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