Spanish researcher presents vaccine project to reduce antibiotics in the food chain

At the conference "European research and innovation in our daily life" in Brussels, Luis Serrano defended, starting from the idea that in the human body "there are more bacteria than cells", projects aimed at to promote "good bacteria" as defense vehicles.

"Small bacteria are the best support, they can be manipulated to detect problems in the body, secrete molecules … and treat the patient," said the researcher.

The MycoSynVac project is part of a bacterium found in the human lung, from which the genetic material has been removed, while maintaining the "structure" of the bacteria to introduce pathogenic bacteria components that affect animals and create an effective synthetic vaccine.

Subsequently, this bacteria transformed into vaccine will be injected into farm animals, so that, with a single dose, immunize against different infections, defended Serrano.

The research aims to reduce the use of antibiotics, used in many cases to increase the production of milk and meat and eventually enter the food products sold to the consumer.

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By Impala News / Lusa

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