IMMUNIZATION THROUGH ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF A VACCINE WITH AN EDIBLE PRODUCT

摘要

A vaccine produced in edible plant and/or animal products, as well as a method of second generation vaccine development through the production of at least one complete structure of a pathogen in a transgenic plant or animal. Preferably, the present invention enables the production of virus-like particles in edible food plants, through the co-expression of a plurality of proteins and/or of a plurality of portions of such proteins. The co-expression of viral structural proteins should enhance the proper presentation of viral related antigens to the human immune system.