Molecular Farming Means the Next Vaccine Could Be Edible and Grown in a Plant [SingularityHub, August 2021]

Title:

Molecular Farming Means the Next Vaccine Could Be Edible and Grown in a Plant 

 

Author:

Shelly Fan

 

Published:

SingularityHub, 17 August 2021

https://singularityhub.com/2021/08/17/the-next-vaccine-could-be-edible-and-grown-in-a-plant/

 

From the article:

It’s the dog days of summer. You bite down on a plump, chilled orange. Citrus juice explodes in your mouth in a refreshing, tingling burst. Ahh.  

 

And congratulations—you’ve just been vaccinated for the latest virus.  

 

That’s one of the goals of molecular farming, a vision to have plants synthesize medications and vaccines.