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University researchers and collaborators showed in Science that mice developed immunity after being fed raw transgenic potato, or being force-fed an extract of tobacco leaves expressing genes for a subunit of the E. coli enterotoxin. After four oral immunizations, serum antibodies and mucosal antibodies were produced that neutralized the biological activity of the toxin in mouse cells.

The maximum accumulation of the bacterial protein was 14 µg per gram of soluble tobacco leaf, and 10 µg per gram of soluble potato microtuber protein. ...