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A novel method for producing hollow exine shells from pollen grains

Pollen grains are naturally occurring microcapsules produced by plants. Hollow pollen shells have been found useful for pharmaceutical drug delivery among other uses. To be of use for these purposes, pollen shells must be emptied of their proteinaceous material. The conventional method uses an organic solvent to defatten the pollens, then applies an...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Harvinder Gill, Shashwati Atwe, Pedro Gonzalez-Cruz

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Category(s): Vaccines, Therapeutics

Immunomodulation Using Spores and Pollen Grains

This technology provides that pollen grains and plant spores can be very effective biomaterials for achieving oral vaccination. Oral vaccination continues to be one of the ’holy grails’ in the field of vaccinology. Oral vaccination is needle-free, child friendly, convenient, painless, amenable to self-administration, and is safer because...

Published: 11/19/2018 | Inventor(s): Harvinder Gill, Shashwati Atwe, Yunze Ma

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Category(s): Vaccines