20.07.2011                      18.Tammus, 5771

Medizin:

Tests start on HIV biotech drug – grown in tobacco

Move marks advance in molecular farming, a way of manufacturing biotech drugs in plants that is cheaper than the traditional factory.

In a first for European drug research, scientists have launched a clinical trial of an anti-HIV biotech medicine produced using genetically modified tobacco — a plant better known for ruining human health.
The move marks an advance in the emerging field of molecular farming, which may offer a cheaper way of making complex biotech drugs and vaccines than traditional factory systems….