Eat Your Veggies, Get A Bonus

Are we living in a sci-fi world? Scientists want to give your salad a dash of mRNA.

How would you like to chomp on a mRNA vaccine in your salad?

As sci-fi as this may sound, the possibility is real. Very real.

In 2021, scientists at University of California Riverside received a $500,000 federal grant to study whether they can turn edible plants into mRNA vaccine “factories.”

The 2021 news release titled “Grow and eat your own vaccines” a…