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2007-03-06 | permalink
Tobacco is genetically engineered to produce Entamoeba vaccine
Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce a protein for a vaccine against amoebiasis — a disease predominantly affecting Central and South America, Africa and Asia. The World Health Organization estimates that amoebiasis, caused by the parasite Entamoeba hisolytica, causes 50 million cases and 100,000 deaths a year. There is currently no approved vaccine against the disease.
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2007-03-06 | permalink
Tobacco is genetically engineered to produce Entamoeba vaccine
Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce a protein for a vaccine against amoebiasis — a disease predominantly affecting Central and South America, Africa and Asia. The World Health Organization estimates that amoebiasis, caused by the parasite Entamoeba hisolytica, causes 50 million cases and 100,000 deaths a year. There is currently no approved vaccine against the disease.
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