A team of molecular immunology researchers has genetically modified tobacco plants to produce highly effective rabies antibodies.
"The reason that most of us in the field are working with plants, is that we all believe that there are huge cost advantages to manufacturing in plants, and that the technology involved is readily transferable to developing countries," James Ma, chair of the Hotung Molecular Immunology Unit at St George's University in London, which trialled the technique, told Wired.co.uk. "We believe that production 'in the region, for the region' is an important concept for pharmaceuticals for the future."
By: Liat Clark, Edited by: Olivia Solon
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