Researchers Work to Develop Edible Vaccines at UC Riverside, (2021)
Made Possible by a Grant From National Science Foundation
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mRNA Vaccines in Livestock and Companion Animals are here now.
(Dr. Robert Malone Substack - 1/11/2023)
The current (public) receipts are included in this essay, and more are on the way.
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/mrna-vaccines-in-livestock-and-companion
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Foods as production and delivery vehicles for human vaccines (2002)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12071307/
Abstract
Vaccination is a great asset for eradication of infectious diseases in humans and animals. With the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacterial strains and an alarming increase in new and re-emerging pathogens, the need for vaccination continues to be a high priority for mammalian diseases. In the last several years, a novel approach for developing improved mucosal subunit vaccines has emerged by exploiting the use of genetically modified plants. It has been demonstrated that plant-derived antigens are functionally similar to conventional vaccines and can induce neutralizing antibodies in mammalian hosts. Using genetically engineered plants for the production of immunogenic peptides also provides a new approach for the delivery of a plant-based subunit vaccine, i.e., oral delivery, provided these immunogenic peptides are expressed in an edible part of the plant, such as grain or fruit. Thus, food crops can play a significant new role in promoting human health by serving as vehicles for both production and delivery of vaccines.
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Vaccines in your salad? Scientists growing medicine-filled plants to replace injections (2021)
https://studyfinds.org/vaccines-salad-growing-plants/
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Vaccinations can be a controversial subject for many people, especially when it comes to injections. So what if you could replace your next shot with a salad instead? Researchers at the University of California-Riverside are working on a way to grow edible plants that carry the same medication as an mRNA vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccine is one of the many inoculations which use messenger RNA (mRNA) technology to defeat viruses. They work by teaching cells from the immune system to recognize and attack a certain infectious disease. Unfortunately, mRNA vaccines have to stay in cold storage until use or they lose stability. The UC-Riverside team says if they’re successful, the public could eat plant-based mRNA vaccines — which could also survive at room temperature.
Thanks to a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers are now looking accomplish three goals. First, the team will try to successfully deliver DNA containing mRNA vaccines into plant cells, where they can replicate. Next, the study authors want to show that plants can actually produce enough mRNA to replace a traditional injection. Finally, the team will need to determine the right dosage people will need to eat to properly replace vaccinations.
“Ideally, a single plant would produce enough mRNA to vaccinate a single person,” says Juan Pablo Giraldo, an associate professor in UCR’s Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, in a university release.
“We are testing this approach with spinach and lettuce and have long-term goals of people growing it in their own gardens,” Giraldo adds. “Farmers could also eventually grow entire fields of it.”
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EAT UP YOUR VACCINES (2000)
https://grain.org/article/entries/245-eat-up-your-vaccines
Hoping to turn around the debate on genetically modified food, the agbiotech industry is hyping up the second generation of transgenic crops. which bring promises of "functional foods"with tangible consumer benefits. Edible vaccines are being touted as an example of the benefits genetic engineering can bring to the South. Promised to be cheap, accessible and safe, and eliminating the need for the dreaded needle, edible vaccines sound like a dream come true. But the vaccine in a banana is still far from reality, and we will likely all be a lot better off without it anyway.
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3 Ingredients That Are Used In Both the COVID-19 Vaccine and in Food (2021)
Not satire, not a joke, just facts to educate
https://medium.com/change-your-mind/3-ingredients-that-are-used-in-both-the-covid-19-vaccine-and-in-food-c6d7d05c5e17
Vaccines are a controversial topic. Similar to politics, it’s not a casual dinner time conversation. Unfortunately, much like with politics, the fake news surrounding vaccines is causing a divide between those who get it, and those who don’t.
In my time, the first big “anti-vax” dilemma I heard a lot about was the theory that vaccines were causing autism. Though countless investigations and research have proven that vaccines are not the cause for autism, people still choose to spread false information which hundreds of others then echo.
Though I’m not here to change anyone’s mind, I want to prove a point by comparing some of the ingredients used throughout all of the COVID-19 vaccines and in the food industry. As a Biotechnologist, I’m quite familiar with the process of vaccine production as well as the ingredients used in them (and their purpose).
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Grow and eat your own vaccines? U. California (2021)
Funded by the National Science Foundation
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/grow-and-eat-your-own-vaccines
The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm. UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they can turn edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories.
Messenger RNA or mRNA technology, used in COVID-19 vaccines, works by teaching our cells to recognize and protect us against infectious diseases.
One of the challenges with this new technology is that it must be kept cold to maintain stability during transport and storage. If this new project is successful, plant-based mRNA vaccines — which can be eaten — could overcome this challenge with the ability to be stored at room temperature.
The project’s goals, made possible by a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, are threefold: showing that DNA containing the mRNA vaccines can be successfully delivered into the part of plant cells where it will replicate, demonstrating the plants can produce enough mRNA to rival a traditional shot, and finally, determining the right dosage.
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What’s next for mRNA vaccines (MIT Tech Review - Jan 2023)
mRNA vaccines helped us through the covid-19 pandemic—but they could also help defend against many other infectious diseases, offer universal protection against flu, and even treat cancer.
By Jessica Hamzelouarchive page January 5, 2023
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/05/1066274/whats-next-mrna-vaccines/
Cast your mind back to 2020, if you can bear it. As the year progressed, so did the impact of covid-19. We were warned that wearing face coverings, disinfecting everything we touched, and keeping away from other people were some of the only ways we could protect ourselves from the potentially fatal disease.
Thankfully, a more effective form of protection was in the works. Scientists were developing all-new vaccines at rapid speed. The virus behind covid-19 was sequenced in January, and clinical trials of vaccines using messenger RNA started in March. By the end of the year, the US Food and Drug Administration issued emergency-use authorization for these vaccines, and vaccination efforts took off.
As things stand today, over 670 million doses of the vaccines have been delivered to people in the US.
This is an astonishingly fast turnaround for any new drug. But it follows years of research on the core technology. Scientists and companies have been working on mRNA-based treatments and vaccines for decades. The first experimental treatments were tested in rodents back in the 1990s, for diseases including diabetes and cancer.
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INJECTABLE "VEGAN" COVID VACCINES - Volunteers Needed For Clinical Trials (2021)
In-depth: plant-based COVID vaccine