SINGAPORE, (AFP) - Singapore scientists working to develop an edible vaccine for viruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) have made a breakthrough by using milk, according to media reports.
Researchers have successfully immunised mice from a virus similar to SARS by feeding them with genetically modified lactic acid bacteria, which is found in cultured milk drinks, the Straits Times reported.
This could mean that in a few years, doctors will be able to dispense a SARS vaccine that could simply be eaten or drunk, the prinicipal investigator of the study, associate professor Lee Yuan Kun, told the paper.
"This will bypass people's fear of needles and the need for trained staff to do injections, and is a cheap and effective way to do mass immunisation," the paper quoted him as saying.
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