Scientists Back The Use Of Maize As An Efficient 'Factory' For Protein-based Pharmaceutical Products
Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 08:28
in Biology & Nature
Maize (corn) seeds are an effective and dependable platform within molecular agriculture in the effort to alleviate diseases. Over the next few years AIDS could be one of the first diseases to benefit from these results, although regulations for this technology are being developed at the same time as research is being undertaken. Maize, the third most important cereal in the world, has a great number of advantages for molecular agriculture. Among these are its physiology, its capacity to express recombinant proteins in the seeds, its widespread cultivation and its genetic diversity, as well as being anti-allergenic and non-toxic.
