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Plants ‘hijacked’ to make polio vaccine – BBC News

August 17, 2017 by Leo

A breakthrough could lead to easier, faster and cheaper vaccines.

Source: Plants ‘hijacked’ to make polio vaccine – BBC News

The quote that sparked more of my attention: “Outwardly it looks almost identical to poliovirus but – like the difference between a mannequin and person – it is empty on the inside.
It has all the features needed to train the immune system, but none of the weapons to cause an infection.” This opens some promising doors for the future, I think…

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