3- 5 years down the road but they already know it is ‘safe and effective’. 

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March 21, 2001

 

 

“New Alternative to Measles Jab”

Daily Mail (London) (www.dmgt.co.uk) (03/20/01) P. 48; Halle,

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Parents who—despite published reports dispelling the notion—still fear that the MMR vaccine is linked to autism and bowel disease, may soon have a new alternative in providing their children with protection against measles.  Scientists in Australia have developed a plant vaccine against the disease that is said to be safe, effective, and capable of being fed to children in a specially prepared baby food.  Researchers used advanced genetic engineering techniques to grow dozens of tobacco plants bearing a protein taken from the measles virus that, when consumed, triggers an immune system response that wards off measles organisms.  Professor Steve Wesselingh, an infectious disease consultant at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, notes that although it is still early, if the vaccine is successful, it could be on the market in as little as three to five years.

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