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British Scientists Develop FMD Vaccine

2013-04-01 18:53:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council British scientists have developed a new methodology to produce a synthetic vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that triggers optimum immune response but doesn’t rely on live virus for growth and is therefore much safer to produce. The tiny protein shells in the synthetic process are engineered to be more stable to make the vaccine much easier to store and reduce the need for a cold chain. read more

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