Tag Archives | Plant Biotechnology

Choice of Farming for Plant Systems | Genetics

In this article we will discuss about the ideal choices of farming for the production of plant systems. 1. Leafy Crops: Tobacco has been established as a model system for molecular farming and is the most ideal choice for the production of pharmaceutical products. The main advantages of tobacco includes to the clarity of technology for gene transfer in vitro [...]

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Plants with Improved Quality of Nutrition

One of the important goals of biotechnology is the production of plants with improved quality of nutrition for humans as well as for domestic animals. Improved quality of seed storage proteins by tailoring particular amino acids have major health benefits for humans and economic benefits for poultry industries. In this contrast a major target has been increasing lysine and methionine [...]

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Edible Vaccines for Autoimmune Disease | Genetics

Transgenic plants expressing vaccine antigens can be used to tackle autoimmune disĀ­ease like diabetes. Insulin dependent diabetes melites is an autoimmune disease resulted in the destruction of insulin producing pancreatic cells. Disease is triggered by involvement of both humoral and cell mediated immunity. The type I diabetes by autoimmunity is due to the inadvert attack on insulin producing cells by [...]

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