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Eat up your vaccine

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Plant extracts provide measles immunity on a plate.

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  1. Webster, D. E. et al. Successful boosting of a DNA measles immunization with an oral plant-derived measles virus vaccine. Journal of Virology 76, 7910 - 7912 (2002).

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  1. Kendall Powell
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 Mayo Vaccine Research Group Rochester, MinnesotaRoswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, New York

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