"Microscience Works With U.S. College on DNA Jabs"
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"Microscience Works With U.S. College on DNA
Jabs"
Financial Times (www.ft.com)
(09/06/02) P. 4; Cookson, Clive; Davies, Chrissie
British biotechnology company Microscience,
which already uses a weakened salmonella bacteria to deliver conventional
vaccines, is teaming up with the
University of Maryland to use the
bacteria to carry DNA vaccines into patients. The method was invented by the
university and is called Bactofection. The partnership will produce a range of
oral DNA vaccines that target infectious diseases and cancer, working to boost a
patient's immune response to tumor cells.
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