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2024-02-17 08:49 pm (UTC)
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doctor recommended cigarettes? I hadn't heard of that.
flu vaccine development? I hadn't heard of that either but now found this which you must be referring to:
https://www.sciencealert.com/large-scale-studies-test-flu-vaccine-derived-from-tobacco-plants-for-the-first-time
Well, I'd rather have tobacco being grown for making vaccines, than for cigarettes. But my gut tells me that plants don't replicate fast enough to be a good choice for a vaccine that needs to change each year.
The study referenced by the above article:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32014-6/abstract
mentions funding by "Medicago"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicago_Inc.#Withdrawal_and_corporate_termination
In March 2022, the first Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine produced by Medicago was rejected by the World Health Organization due to the tobacco company Philip Morris International owning a stake in the company.
Interesting.
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Date: 2024-02-17 08:49 pm (UTC)From:flu vaccine development? I hadn't heard of that either but now found this which you must be referring to:
https://www.sciencealert.com/large-scale-studies-test-flu-vaccine-derived-from-tobacco-plants-for-the-first-time
Well, I'd rather have tobacco being grown for making vaccines, than for cigarettes. But my gut tells me that plants don't replicate fast enough to be a good choice for a vaccine that needs to change each year.
The study referenced by the above article:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32014-6/abstract
mentions funding by "Medicago"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicago_Inc.#Withdrawal_and_corporate_termination
In March 2022, the first Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine produced by Medicago was rejected by the World Health Organization due to the tobacco company Philip Morris International owning a stake in the company.
Interesting.