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Tomatoes: The Edible Vaccine...

  • August 19, 2004

Russian and U.S. scientists are currently creating what they call "a pleasant and harmless vaccine" for HIV. And an edible one too. So far, researchers have managed to incorporate the protein gene-HIV antigen in tomatoes. Although they are not at the stage of creating the vaccine yet, biologists have managed to incorporate the right gene into tomato plants and have proved the protein required for the vaccine is not only contained in the leaves, but in the tomato itself. Scientists...