To: Diddley
No, they genetically engineer the vaccine to detect the poison and attack it with antibodies etc. IMHO.
They just realized they could engineer a vaccine without the toxic aspect because of their experience with the silver bullet sort of thing using ricin's toxic effects on cancer cells.
3 posted on
04/16/2003 12:04:28 AM PDT by
Quix
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To: Quix
. . . and colleagues were able to eliminate them through genetic engineering of the toxin. Then it occurred to them: Because they were able to eliminate the side effect, they could probably eliminate the toxicity as well, thus producing a vaccine for the poison Aha! That makes sense. Thanks.
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04/16/2003 12:09:40 AM PDT by
Diddley
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To: Quix
Castor beans are known as "The Palm of Christ," palma christa, in spanish. In folklore, believed to help cancer...
8 posted on
04/16/2003 3:56:30 AM PDT by
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