- Indians to become guinea pigs for testing 'banana vaccine'
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05/04/1998
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Financial Express (New Delhi)
India will become a testing ground for anti hepatitis-B vaccine which is yet to get the US FDA approval for human testing. Cornell University , US, is believed to have chosen India as the test site for the vaccine christened as the 'banana vaccine'. It has been developed by the Boyce Thompson Institute at the university.