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Oil from Petroleum Used as Vaccine Adjuvant
Petroleum forms the basis of one of the most devastating adjuvants in existence. Historically, it was considered too dangerous for use in vaccines, but it’s making a comeback in this new age of recombinant DNA vaccine development. Of course, the public relations mantra is that it’s safe—so why is it kept quiet?
Oil Spilling, by Olle Svensson, cropped with syringe superimposed
by Heidi Stevenson
The current hype in a new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease is all about how the new ones are safer. But are they? The clue is in what isn’t discussed: the adjuvants. PLoS reports that a UK government and Big Pharma funded study has found a new approach, using recombinant DNA technology, to create empty capsids, that is, empty virus protein shells, to use as antigens against foot-and-mouth disease.[1] The hollow antigens would be grown inside insects.
Antigens and Adjuvants
Only the surface of an antigen is required to show the immune system how to create antibodies. This method of vaccine development makes it impossible to spread the infection, since none of the active part of a virus is included. It also means that vaccine antigens can be made both rapidly and relatively cheaply.
There’s one big disadvantage, though. The immune system isn’t all that dumb. It does appear to be capable of distinguishing between genuine and fake threats. So, something is needed to trick it.
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat
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2013-04-02 10:22:07
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