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2007-02-14 | permalink
GE pharma crops: An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Dr. Guy Cardineau says the fruits of two decades of isolating the antidotes to a host of diseases into plants could be on the threshold of widespread use, rendering squeamishness over needles obsolete. [...] “There’s a whole range of plants being used — rice, lettuce, casavas, spinach, tobacco, potatoes,” he said. [...] But another merit of vaccinated fruit is the cost — possibly pennies a capsule, said Cardineau.
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2007-02-14 | permalink
GE pharma crops: An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Dr. Guy Cardineau says the fruits of two decades of isolating the antidotes to a host of diseases into plants could be on the threshold of widespread use, rendering squeamishness over needles obsolete. [...] “There’s a whole range of plants being used — rice, lettuce, casavas, spinach, tobacco, potatoes,” he said. [...] But another merit of vaccinated fruit is the cost — possibly pennies a capsule, said Cardineau.
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