People who endure the seasonal misery of pollen allergies may one day find relief in a bowl of rice, researchers reported Monday.In experiments with mice, Japanese scientists found that an edible vaccine produced in genetically modified rice was able to prevent the immune response that triggers allergies. Mice that were fed the vaccine showed a dampened immune reaction to pollen, and they sneezed far less often than their non-vaccinated brethren.The findings are published in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
