Purpose
to develop an oral vaccine for tuberculosis that uses rice seeds that express proteins that will induce immunity in the gastrointestinal tract and in the respiratory mucosa.
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
APRIL 2012
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
19
Grantee location
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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