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July 04, 2002
Bananas with
Anthrax vaccine
Genetically modified fruits and other
food could be used in future to deliver medicine or even a vaccine.
Even a vaccine say for Anthrax can be given in future in this form.
Peter Acrre, chairman of Xcelerator
Life Sciences Funds Group had to this to say at a business conference
at the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation( APEC) summit : --
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Gradually
time may come when the distinction between food and drugs may
disappear. |
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Medicine
will be in milk. It will be in stuff we ingest every day. |
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Food
will be the most widely used form to distribute medicine. |
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Bananas
were already being genetically modified in research laboratories
for all types of medicinal purposes, including immunization
against four strains of Anthrax. |
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Cornell
University in New York, USA, was leading work on genetically
modified food to deliver medicines to people. |
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