great - now i can write off my sushi eating addiction and say it is for science. i say bring on the chicken pox dynamite roll!

from the hearld sun in australia

Sashimi vaccines

VACCINATIONS could one day come in the form of a morsel of fish, rather than via an injection, scientists claim.

Singaporean researchers have created zebrafish that produce vaccines in their muscles.
They say the technology could also be used in more commonly eaten fish, such as salmon.

But they say the fish would have to be eaten raw because cooking would destroy the vaccine.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have genetically modified zebrafish so they produce hepatitis B vaccine.

The next stage will be to test the sashimi vaccine on animals, which can be infected with hepatitis B to see if eating the fish has a protective effect.