Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 * After all the tomato scares in the USA, you think this is reasonable? I've yet to look further into this as this came out this morning. I wonder if they are GM Tomatoes and what not? Another way to keep the income flowing from all directions? I wonder if Monsanto is offering the tomatoes for these vaccines? Hopefully this may be more on the Green side? I Really do not know at this point. L & R Trina G. Tomato-based vaccine shows promise against Alzheimer's in mice Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 9:48 AM ET Comments0Recommend0 CBC News Just as an apple a day is said to keep the doctor away, Korean researchers hope that a tomato a week might keep Alzheimer's disease away. Scientists are looking into whether the tomato might be a suitable carrier for an oral vaccine against the devastating neurodegenerative disease. In a paper published online Tuesday in Biotechnology Letters, scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said they've made a promising first step toward finding an edible vaccine. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, affecting one in 20 Canadians over 65 — about 290,000. Doctors believe it is caused by the buildup of a toxic protein in the brain called beta-amyloid, which kills brain cells. Reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid may put the brakes on brain cell death and therefore prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. One way to do that is to stimulate the immune system, through vaccination, to reduce the accumulation of beta-amyloid. Attractive candidate The Korean scientists' aim was to develop a plant-derived vaccine since beta-amyloid is toxic to animal cells. Tomatoes are an attractive candidate as a vaccine carrier because they can be eaten without heat treatment. Heat increases the risk of destroying the vaccine's immune stimulation potential. The researchers inserted the beta-amyloid gene into the tomato genome and measured the immune responses in a group of 15-month-old mice. They fed the mice the transgenic tomatoes once a week for three weeks and also gave them a booster seven weeks after the first tomato vaccination. Blood analyses showed a strong immune response after the booster, with the production of antibodies. "Although we did not reveal a reduction of existing plaques in the brain of mice challenged with tomato-derived beta-amyloid … this study represents a unique approach in which transgenic plants expressing beta-amyloid protein are used to produce a vaccine," the authors write. The team is now looking into how they might increase the potency of the tomato-based vaccine. llDarkAngelxl ~ WANTED - Canadian Patriots to Help Save Canada Now!Recruiting Candidates (18 yrs and up) and Campaign Volunteers (no age restriction) for Next Federal Election - send your resume and cover letter to CAP President at cathpublish@...http://stopspp.com/stopspp/?cat=20http://www.oasisadvancedwellness.com/learning/vaccination-exemption.htmlhttp://www.jonesreport.com/Visit My Blog // Profile http://360..ca/AngelOFSighted.Darkness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 * After all the tomato scares in the USA, you think this is reasonable? I've yet to look further into this as this came out this morning. I wonder if they are GM Tomatoes and what not? Another way to keep the income flowing from all directions? I wonder if Monsanto is offering the tomatoes for these vaccines? Hopefully this may be more on the Green side? I Really do not know at this point. L & R Trina G. Tomato-based vaccine shows promise against Alzheimer's in mice Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 9:48 AM ET Comments0Recommend0 CBC News Just as an apple a day is said to keep the doctor away, Korean researchers hope that a tomato a week might keep Alzheimer's disease away. Scientists are looking into whether the tomato might be a suitable carrier for an oral vaccine against the devastating neurodegenerative disease. In a paper published online Tuesday in Biotechnology Letters, scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said they've made a promising first step toward finding an edible vaccine. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, affecting one in 20 Canadians over 65 — about 290,000. Doctors believe it is caused by the buildup of a toxic protein in the brain called beta-amyloid, which kills brain cells. Reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid may put the brakes on brain cell death and therefore prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. One way to do that is to stimulate the immune system, through vaccination, to reduce the accumulation of beta-amyloid. Attractive candidate The Korean scientists' aim was to develop a plant-derived vaccine since beta-amyloid is toxic to animal cells. Tomatoes are an attractive candidate as a vaccine carrier because they can be eaten without heat treatment. Heat increases the risk of destroying the vaccine's immune stimulation potential. The researchers inserted the beta-amyloid gene into the tomato genome and measured the immune responses in a group of 15-month-old mice. They fed the mice the transgenic tomatoes once a week for three weeks and also gave them a booster seven weeks after the first tomato vaccination. Blood analyses showed a strong immune response after the booster, with the production of antibodies. "Although we did not reveal a reduction of existing plaques in the brain of mice challenged with tomato-derived beta-amyloid … this study represents a unique approach in which transgenic plants expressing beta-amyloid protein are used to produce a vaccine," the authors write. The team is now looking into how they might increase the potency of the tomato-based vaccine. llDarkAngelxl ~ WANTED - Canadian Patriots to Help Save Canada Now!Recruiting Candidates (18 yrs and up) and Campaign Volunteers (no age restriction) for Next Federal Election - send your resume and cover letter to CAP President at cathpublish@...http://stopspp.com/stopspp/?cat=20http://www.oasisadvancedwellness.com/learning/vaccination-exemption.htmlhttp://www.jonesreport.com/Visit My Blog // Profile http://360..ca/AngelOFSighted.Darkness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 * After all the tomato scares in the USA, you think this is reasonable? I've yet to look further into this as this came out this morning. I wonder if they are GM Tomatoes and what not? Another way to keep the income flowing from all directions? I wonder if Monsanto is offering the tomatoes for these vaccines? Hopefully this may be more on the Green side? I Really do not know at this point. L & R Trina G. Tomato-based vaccine shows promise against Alzheimer's in mice Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 9:48 AM ET Comments0Recommend0 CBC News Just as an apple a day is said to keep the doctor away, Korean researchers hope that a tomato a week might keep Alzheimer's disease away. Scientists are looking into whether the tomato might be a suitable carrier for an oral vaccine against the devastating neurodegenerative disease. In a paper published online Tuesday in Biotechnology Letters, scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said they've made a promising first step toward finding an edible vaccine. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, affecting one in 20 Canadians over 65 — about 290,000. Doctors believe it is caused by the buildup of a toxic protein in the brain called beta-amyloid, which kills brain cells. Reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid may put the brakes on brain cell death and therefore prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. One way to do that is to stimulate the immune system, through vaccination, to reduce the accumulation of beta-amyloid. Attractive candidate The Korean scientists' aim was to develop a plant-derived vaccine since beta-amyloid is toxic to animal cells. Tomatoes are an attractive candidate as a vaccine carrier because they can be eaten without heat treatment. Heat increases the risk of destroying the vaccine's immune stimulation potential. The researchers inserted the beta-amyloid gene into the tomato genome and measured the immune responses in a group of 15-month-old mice. They fed the mice the transgenic tomatoes once a week for three weeks and also gave them a booster seven weeks after the first tomato vaccination. Blood analyses showed a strong immune response after the booster, with the production of antibodies. "Although we did not reveal a reduction of existing plaques in the brain of mice challenged with tomato-derived beta-amyloid … this study represents a unique approach in which transgenic plants expressing beta-amyloid protein are used to produce a vaccine," the authors write. The team is now looking into how they might increase the potency of the tomato-based vaccine. llDarkAngelxl ~ WANTED - Canadian Patriots to Help Save Canada Now!Recruiting Candidates (18 yrs and up) and Campaign Volunteers (no age restriction) for Next Federal Election - send your resume and cover letter to CAP President at cathpublish@...http://stopspp.com/stopspp/?cat=20http://www.oasisadvancedwellness.com/learning/vaccination-exemption.htmlhttp://www.jonesreport.com/Visit My Blog // Profile http://360..ca/AngelOFSighted.Darkness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 * After all the tomato scares in the USA, you think this is reasonable? I've yet to look further into this as this came out this morning. I wonder if they are GM Tomatoes and what not? Another way to keep the income flowing from all directions? I wonder if Monsanto is offering the tomatoes for these vaccines? Hopefully this may be more on the Green side? I Really do not know at this point. L & R Trina G. Tomato-based vaccine shows promise against Alzheimer's in mice Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 9:48 AM ET Comments0Recommend0 CBC News Just as an apple a day is said to keep the doctor away, Korean researchers hope that a tomato a week might keep Alzheimer's disease away. Scientists are looking into whether the tomato might be a suitable carrier for an oral vaccine against the devastating neurodegenerative disease. In a paper published online Tuesday in Biotechnology Letters, scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said they've made a promising first step toward finding an edible vaccine. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, affecting one in 20 Canadians over 65 — about 290,000. Doctors believe it is caused by the buildup of a toxic protein in the brain called beta-amyloid, which kills brain cells. Reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid may put the brakes on brain cell death and therefore prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. One way to do that is to stimulate the immune system, through vaccination, to reduce the accumulation of beta-amyloid. Attractive candidate The Korean scientists' aim was to develop a plant-derived vaccine since beta-amyloid is toxic to animal cells. Tomatoes are an attractive candidate as a vaccine carrier because they can be eaten without heat treatment. Heat increases the risk of destroying the vaccine's immune stimulation potential. The researchers inserted the beta-amyloid gene into the tomato genome and measured the immune responses in a group of 15-month-old mice. They fed the mice the transgenic tomatoes once a week for three weeks and also gave them a booster seven weeks after the first tomato vaccination. Blood analyses showed a strong immune response after the booster, with the production of antibodies. "Although we did not reveal a reduction of existing plaques in the brain of mice challenged with tomato-derived beta-amyloid … this study represents a unique approach in which transgenic plants expressing beta-amyloid protein are used to produce a vaccine," the authors write. The team is now looking into how they might increase the potency of the tomato-based vaccine. llDarkAngelxl ~ WANTED - Canadian Patriots to Help Save Canada Now!Recruiting Candidates (18 yrs and up) and Campaign Volunteers (no age restriction) for Next Federal Election - send your resume and cover letter to CAP President at cathpublish@...http://stopspp.com/stopspp/?cat=20http://www.oasisadvancedwellness.com/learning/vaccination-exemption.htmlhttp://www.jonesreport.com/Visit My Blog // Profile http://360..ca/AngelOFSighted.Darkness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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