|
Home | |
|
|
|
| GE Info Bulletins | ||
|
||
| Bulletin 56 - Full item | ||
|
||
| Return to Bulletin 56 | ||
|
||
Low-dose exposure and immunogenicity of transgenic
maize expressing the Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin B subunit.
Environmental Health Perspectives 115(3):354-360.
November 8, 2007
Synopsis by Rick Stahlhut, Ph.D. and Wendy Hessler
Beyer AJ, K Wang, AN Umble, JD Wolt and JE Cunnick. 2007.
Minute quantities of a bacterial protein inserted in corn provoke immune
reactions in mice. The protein is added to increase the effectiveness
of plant-based transgenic vaccines. The results indicate that special
care will be needed with transgenic corn to reduce exposure to workers
and the public if this protein is used commercially in corn or other
food crops, to avoid unwanted immune responses in people and decreased
effectiveness of oral vaccines that use the protein.
Eating extremely small amounts of LT-B several times over less than
a month caused exposed mice to develop immune reactions to the protein.
Web Link: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/newscience/2007/2007-
1109beyeretal.html#2007morovecetal
Note that direct links to the source are provided wherever
possible. Otherwise, a link to a web-posted copy on a 3rd party site is
given.
Sometimes these links will expire, so the above archived copy will be
the only reference.
** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed for research and educational purposes only. **
|
|||
|
From The
GE Information Service Hard copies
of the Bulletin are available. The GE
Information Bulletin is a project of the GE Information Service.
It presents a regular digest of significant information from an
international range of sources. |
|
|
|
|
|||