Articles and Links

Articles about molecular farming written by Pharma-Planta scientists

For our visitors who are interested in learning more about the technological basis of molecular farming in plants and its potential for the production of pharmaceutical proteins, the following links will open PDF files of some recent reviews. You will require Adobe Reader to view these files.

Trends in Plant Science 2005. Plant-derived pharmaceuticals – The road forward, by Julian Ma, Rachel Chikwamba, Philip Dale, Rainer Fischer, Rich Mahoney and Richard Twyman.

EMBO Reports 2005. Molecular farming for new drugs and vaccines: Current perspectives on the production of pharmaceuticals in transgenic plants, by Julian Ma, Eugenio Barros, Ralph Bock, Paul Christou, Philip Dale, Philip Dix, Rainer Fischer, Judith Irwin, Richard Mahoney, Mario Pezzotti, Stefan Schillberg, Penny Sparrow, Eva Stoger and Richard Twyman

Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2004. Plant-based production of biopharmaceuticals, by Rainer Fischer, Eva Stoger, Stefan Schillberg, Paul Christou and Richard Twyman

Nature Reviews Genetics 2003. The production of pharmaceutical proteins in plants, by Julian Ma, Pascal Drake and Paul Christou.

Trends in Biotechnology 2003. Molecular farming in plants: Host systems and expression technology, by Richard Twyman, Eva Stoger, Stefan Schillberg, Paul Christou and Rainer Fischer

Links to related sites

An online community, organized by the International Academy of Life Sciences, dedicated to a science-based, medically-oriented public dialogue on plant-made pharmaceuticals and their potential to help combat life-threatening illnesses.

Conference on Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals

This annual event examines the latest business, science and regulatory issues concerning plant-made pharmaceuticals.

Molecularfarming.com

An online resource about plant-derived pharmaceuticals and other plant-derived recombinant proteins containing sections for news, background information and different categories of products, as well as a database of farmers who are potentially interested in becoming contract growers or leasing their land.