►January 21, 2004 - Bacterium that causes food poisoning may lead to better anti-viral vaccines - American Chemical Society via www.eurekalert.org - "A new vaccine formulation that utilizes an unusual protein derived from a bacterium that causes food poisoning — Listeria — could paradoxically be used to improve the safety and effectiveness of vaccines for a variety of viral diseases. These could include HIV, smallpox and influenza, according to researchers at the University of Michigan...Conventional vaccine formulations typically use live or weakened viruses to boost the immune response. The Listeria formulation uses viral protein components along with the bacterial protein, reducing the possibility of accidental viral infection. In preliminary animal studies, the new vaccine also appeared to boost the immune response better than a conventional vaccine, according to the researchers."

►January 20, 2004 - Cobra Invents Tablet Vaccine To Cut Costs - www.thesentinel.co.uk

►January 15, 2004 - Dow to make vaccines from plants - The Washington Times

►January 14, 2004 - Dow Announces Deal to Develop Vaccines - AP via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - "Dow Chemical Co. announced a four-year, $5.7 million research agreement with the National Institutes of Health to develop plant-based vaccines that it says will be cheaper and easier to produce than existing vaccines."