DARPA Is Developing Human Bio-Factories to Brew Lifesaving Vaccines

The next factory for lifesaving drugs could be the human body itself. Scientists are developing a new vaccine-making method that co-opts the human body's ability to quickly create antibodies, its main weaponry for fighting disease, say researchers with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The new method of vaccine production would involve giving the body instructions for making certain antibodies.