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TIL that researchers are working on edible vaccines. > Edible vaccines are genetically modified crops that contain antigens for specific diseases. Edible vacci
by leereeves 3y ago
TIL that researchers are working on edible vaccines.
> Edible vaccines are genetically modified crops that contain antigens for specific diseases. Edible vaccines offer many benefits over traditional vaccines, due to their lower manufacturing cost and a lack of negative side effects. However, there are limitations as edible vaccines are still new and developing. Further research will need to be done before they are ready for widespread human consumption. Edible vaccines are currently being developed for measles, cholera, foot and mouth disease, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_vaccine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_vaccine
- RajT88 3y agoThere already are vaccines you ingest orally, but they aren't well known in the West. They are much cheaper to product, but also not as effective (so much more common in developing countries).
- ghaff 3y agoTyphoid for example.
- lupusreal 3y agoThe oral polio vaccine is not only less effective but also more dangerous. It, unlike the injected polio vaccine, can actually give you polio.
- leereeves 3y agoThat's something different. Those are live or killed pathogens that can be ingested orally. These are transgenic crops (like lettuce) that have been modified to express some proteins shared with the pathogens.
- Sniffnoy 3y agoOddly that article doesn't mention polio, which has had an edible vaccine for a long time. I'd edit it in but I'm not sure exactly how it relates to these others...