The Scientist : Modifying genetic research [15/11/2000]

Email: David Nicholson - dn@davidnicholson.com
News from The Scientist 2000, 1(1):20001115-01

15 November 2000

LONDON. Recent tests on mice have indicated that genetically engineered potatoes could be developed as an oral vaccine for protecting humans against the hepatitis B virus. This research, published in the November 2000 issue of Nature Biotechnology, bodes well for the future of inexpensive, easy to administer vaccines but muddies the already merky waters of the GM foods debate.

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