Antibody Variants Produced from Plant Seeds
January 19, 2007| |
Researchers at the Ghent University in Belgium have demonstrated the possibility of producing human antibody-like proteins from plant seeds. Geert De Jaeger and his colleagues succeeded in producing the novel proteins from seeds of Arabidopsis. The proteins were found to be as effective as human antibodies in protecting animal cells against Hepatitis A virus infection.
The research of De Jaeger’s group may have important implications in reducing the production costs of medicines in the future by 10-100 times. Most medicines today are produced using bacteria or animal cells, requiring extra equipments which may not be required if working with plants.
The complete press release is at
http://www.vib.be/NR/rdonlyres/17268A44-2198-459B-A50F-AA4B6E869151/2180/20070100_ENG_VanDroogenbroeck_antilichameninArabid.pdf.
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