Authors :

Neelam Yadav*, Anil Kumar Chhillar*, Rajesh Kumar** and S.S.Yadav**

Author Address :

*Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India, **Department of Botany, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-134001, Haryana, India. Email : ssyadavindia@gmail.com,

Abstract :

Edible vaccines offer several advantages such as cost-effective, easy-to-administer, easy-to-store, fail-safe and acceptable vaccine delivery system, particularly, in poor developing countries. It introduces selected desired genes into plants and then inducing these modified plants to produce the encoded proteins. Numerous delivery systems are available which are useful for preventing infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, birth control, cancer therapy, etc. There is growing acceptance of transgenic crops in both industrial and developing countries. Resistance to genetically modified foods may affect the future of edible vaccines. They have passed the major hurdles in the path of an emerging vaccine technology. Various technical obstacles, regulatory and non-scientific challenges, though all seem surmountable, need to be overcome. 

Keywords :

Edible vaccine, oral immunization, medicinal foods and transgenic plants.