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AUSTRALIAN scientists are edging closer towards developing a revolutionary vaccine which can be swallowed in food instead of being injected.
Clinical trials led by Nobel Prize winner Dr Barry Marshall have identified certain strains of a stomach bacteria which are safe to use in humans as the basis for edible vaccines.
The results mean Dr Marshall and his team will apply for approval to trial their first edible vaccine containing a bug with a flu vaccine attached to it within a year.
“The next step is to submit this data with an application to government bodies like the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) and FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in the US, perhaps, for the next study which would be to put a vaccine into bacteria we have chosen to show we can vaccinate somebody,” Dr Marshall said.
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