1. Adulthood, and I am interested in DNA vaccinations. The direct injection of naked plasmid DNA is much more effective than inserting a weakened or killed bacteria or virus. And with DNA vaccines you can produce an immune response to viruses and even cancer cells.
2. The NIH funds a lot of research projects and they provide funding to the University of Texas.
http://www.latimes.com/health/ky3-story-brain-cancer-vaccine-10042010,0,4699074.story
3. DNA vaccination has shown the promise to treat almost any disease, and it also creates a very attractive market with an explosive growth rate http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/cancer-vaccine-stocks-and-the-race-for-a-cure/2759 "Shares of Celldex Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ :CLDX) are up 48% over the last four weeks after the company announced patients who received their CDX-110 lived twice as long as those who only received chemotherapy and radiation." And a definite cure for cancer is estimated to be 50 trillion for the US alone. This is huge news for our economy, with the biotech industry growing this will affect us.
The Avian Flu caused a world wide scare, but thanks to bio tech and advances in DNA vaccination survival rates can be increased. http://www.virologyj.com/content/7/1/197 A study using lab mice have shown that being exposed to H1N1 and the H5N1 vaccine have an increased survival rate when injected with a lethal dose of H5N1.
Another thing I can focus on would be plant-based vaccinations, this could fit into adolescence or childhood.
I would think the NIH would also be involved with funding research related to this but I can't find any definite sources.
http://www.globalissues.org/article/218/diseases-ignored-global-killers In 2008 there were 2 million deaths from AIDS, tuberculosis kill 1.3 million a year with 9.3 million new cases a year. With plant-based vaccines we would be able to more effectively prevent and immunize many diseases. And without the need for a medical professional and syringe it is extremely cost effective. http://news.healingwell.com/index.php?p=news1&id=523946 Arntzen produced a potato that immunizes against Hepatitis B, showing it is possible to immunize people through genetically altered plants.
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