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Fri 09 Sep 2008GM 'pharming' may address drug needs
GENETICALLY MODIFIED plants that produce therapeutic drugs can help address our increasing global need for pharmaceuticals, a conference in Dublin heard yesterday.
"Molecular pharming", or growing crops that have been genetically engineered to produce drugs or vaccines, could allow cost-effective production of "recombinant" molecules on a large scale, Prof Julian Ma from the University of London said.
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