Researchers use salmonella to administer vaccines

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Wei Kong a researcher in the Biodesign Institute at ASU holds plates demonstrating the enhanced growth of Salmonella enterica (left) in the presence of arabinose.
Wei Kong, a researcher in the Biodesign Institute at ASU, holds plates demonstrating the enhanced growth of Salmonella enterica (left) in the presence of arabinose.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have made a major step forward in their work to develop a biologically engineered organism that can effectively deliver an antigen in the body. The researchers report that they have been able to use live salmonella bacterium as the containment/delivery method for an antigen.


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