Edible Vaccines Synthesis

The gene encoding for the orally-active antigenic protein is being isolated from the pathogen, and a suitable construct for constitutive or can be tissue-specific when expression of a gene when synthesized.

The gene is introduced into the genome of selected plant species stably and expressed to produce the antigen. The required plant parts with the antigens are allowed to feed raw to humans for immunization.

The commercially made vaccines are however more expensive to produce and package along with personnel trainers to administer injections. The advantageous part would be therefore if vaccines could be delivered inexpensively on a broader scale. The process of the gene encodes an antigenic protein that is extracted from the pathogen and can be taken orally inactive form, and a suitable construct for constitutive or tissue-specific expression of the gene when obtained.