Biochemist develops plant-based booster vaccine for polio
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
The world is tantalizingly close to eradicating polio. Yet the disease still maintains a foothold, primarily in developing nations, with recent outbreaks in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, including in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Though there are two effective vaccines for polio, each has its limitations. Oral polio vaccine (OPV), which is the vaccine […]