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Ricin vaccine effective in mice
Email: Laura DeFrancesco - defrancesco1@earthlink.net News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020906-03
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Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School report in the 10 September issue of Vaccine that an engineered ricin vaccine protects mice against ricin's toxic effects while being non-toxic itself. Previous attempts to make ricin vaccines have failed because of toxicity. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) considers ricin a class B bioterrorism agent.
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