By Mark Rockwell
The tiny pollen grains that cause untold misery to many people with allergies every spring and summer could be a key in delivering effective vaccines against natural and man-made health threats, according to a U.S. military research agency.
According to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA), one of the researchers receiving mentorship and funding through the agency’s 2012 Young Faculty Awards (YFA) program is a scientist studying novel methods for packaging and delivery of orally consumed vaccines. His tool of choice is pollen, said DARPA on Nov. 27.