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Part 2: The Story of a Beer That's Also a Vaccine

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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And now part two of author Tina Hesman-Says article in Science News.

1:11.0

Just to be thorough, the team fed mice whole live yeast, carrying the virus-like particles

1:16.8

mixed with their kibble. The mice, quote, love it and have a party when you give them the food,

1:21.9

end quote, that according to Buck. Live yeast sprayed in the nose didn't work, but the party

1:26.8

kibble produced antibodies in the mice.

1:29.5

That indicates that if they make it through the stomach, empty polyomavirus-like particles

1:33.9

can interact with immune cells in the gut to produce antibodies.

1:38.6

Shakarian says that indicates that if they make it through the stomach,

1:42.4

empty polyomavirus-like particles can interact with

1:45.6

immune cells in the gut to produce antibodies.

1:49.2

It's also a sign that live yeast might be able to ferry other types of proteins to build

1:54.0

immune defenses against other diseases.

1:57.5

That's a very exciting possibility because that would potentially mean that his findings

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