Tuesday 18 September 2012

Scientists grow drug for rare disease in corn

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have grown a drug to treat a rare genetic disease inside corn plants, potentially offering a cheaper way to manufacture a treatment that currently costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for each patient. The move marks an advance for the emerging field of molecular farming, which could one day see complex biotech medicines being mass-produced in plants rather than factories. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..

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