Plants as Factories for Human Pharmaceuticals: Applications and Challenges

Plant molecular farming (PMF), defined as the practice of using plants to produce human therapeutic proteins, has received worldwide interest. PMF has grown and advanced considerably over the past two decades. A number of therapeutic proteins have been produced in plants, some of which have been thr...

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Main Authors: Jian Yao, Yunqi Weng, Alexia Dickey, Kevin Yueju Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-12-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/12/26122