Genetically engineered vaccines.

... Genetically engineered vaccines 'Inherently unpredictable and possibly dangerous' In recent years, genetically engineered vaccine strategies have been rushed into common use within such fields as medicine, veterinary medicine and fish farming. Some scientists contend that such vaccines are totally innocuous. But a recent and major research report by Professor Terje Traavik reduces the 'safe technology' to sheer naive optimism, and warns in conclusion that 'many live, genetically engineered vaccines are inherently unpredictable (and) possibly dangerous.' Martin Jalleh highlights the compelling findings of the report - which make the arguments for genetically engineered vaccines look frail and move Traavik to call on the scientific community to go beyond the 'Holy Grail' of medicine MODERN molecular biology, recombinant DNA technology and genetic engineering have opened the road to a number of alternative strategies for vaccine production,' reveals Professor Terje Traavik of the Departments of Virology and Medical Microbiology, University of Tromso, GENK-Norwegian Institute of Gene

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