Anthrax Vaccine
Mice immunized with chloroplast-derived anthrax antigen survive lethal challenge
Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 25th, 2006
"The currently available human vaccine for anthrax, derived from the culture supernatant of Bacillus anthracis, contains the protective antigen (PA) and traces of the lethal and edema factors, which may contribute to adverse side effects associated with this vaccine. Therefore, an effective expression system that can provide a clean, safe, and efficacious vaccine is required."
"In an effort to produce anthrax vaccine in large quantities and free of extraneous bacterial contaminants, PA was expressed in transgenic tobacco chloroplasts by...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-01-25)
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