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2007-04-12 | permalink
Plants produce protein to fight smallpox?
Using genetically engineered plants as a factory, scientists say they have produced a protein that could help them create an effective and safe smallpox vaccine. The findings are preliminary, since the protein has only been tested against smallpox in mice. But plants show plenty of promise as a manufacturing center for drugs, said study co-author Dr. Hilary Koprowski, the developer of the live polio vaccine.
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2007-04-12 | permalink
Plants produce protein to fight smallpox?
Using genetically engineered plants as a factory, scientists say they have produced a protein that could help them create an effective and safe smallpox vaccine. The findings are preliminary, since the protein has only been tested against smallpox in mice. But plants show plenty of promise as a manufacturing center for drugs, said study co-author Dr. Hilary Koprowski, the developer of the live polio vaccine.
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