Australia Nobel Winner Develops Edible Vaccine Against Stomach Ulcers
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Australia's Nobel-prize winning scientist is said to be working on a method to make an oral vaccine for treating stomach ulcers. Barry Marshall reported a discovery that certain bacteria could be used to make a vaccine that would cling to the stomach wall to prevent ulcers. Marshall, who won the prize for discovering bacteria responsible for the ulcers, founded Ondek, a company that has been searching for a vaccine. He has tried his vaccine successfully in mice and plans to begin human trials later this year. (Click here for more