Plants produce ‘green vaccine’ against norovirus

Plants produce ‘green vaccine’ against norovirus(biodesign.asu.edu)

52 points by justifier 7 years ago | 7 comments

FYI, one of the authors of the study, Andrew Diamos, is a popular twitch streamer, CarlSagan42. He streams a lot of Mario levels created by people that are often puzzle or troll levels. During his stream he'll talk a lot about science, including some of the work he's done in this study.

XorNot 7 years ago |

This is kind of a game-changer if it's effective. Being able to immunize against norovirus cheaply (and at all) would save a lot of lives.

Someone1234 7 years ago | |

There's a norovirus vaccine which just completed stage 1 trials[0]. Cool part about it is that it isn't an injection, just a pill you swallow.

It is worth noting that norovirus and rotavirus aren't the only common "stomach bugs" but being immune against both is still a big win.

edit: Just want to add, I'm not dissing on this research. The more separate efforts there are for a safe effective norovirus vaccine the less likely they are to ALL fail. I've just been watching this space closely because I want to be the first in line when someone's vaccine ships.

[0] http://outbreaknewstoday.com/norovirus-vaccine-oral-tablet-p...

rmrfrmrf 7 years ago |

Our family has gotten norovirus two years in a row and it's an absolute nightmare. Sign me up for whatever trials you have!