Biotech potato provides hepatitis vaccine

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Biotech potato provides hepatitis vaccine
MIKE TONER
2/15/2005
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Researchers reported Monday that potatoes genetically modified to carry a vaccine against hepatitis B have been successfully tested in humans.
More than 60 percent of the volunteers tested showed signs of increased immunity roughly equivalent to a standard vaccination after eating a single 4-ounce portion of raw transgenic potatoes. Two helpings of bite-sized potato bits produced even higher immunity levels.
University of Arizona biologist Charles ...
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