Revolutionary technologies to deliver low cost healthcare:
The high cost of current vaccines is due to their complex production and delivery methods. A recently pioneered novel concept uses freeze-dried plant cells for bio-encapsulation of expressed vaccine antigens that are protected in the stomach from acids and enzymes but released to the immune system in the gut. Elimination of risks associated with inactivated whole pathogens, sterile injections, cold storage/transportation, prohibitively expensive purification & fermentation by offer many advantages over current methods of production and delivery. Highly innovative low cost therapeutic vaccines against diabetes, Alzheimer's disease or various infectious diseases are ready for clinical testing with support from federal agencies.