Down on the “pharm”: do genetically modified plants hold the key to cheaper drugs?

Re: Down on the “pharm”: do genetically modified plants hold the key to cheaper drugs?

12 July 2012

Another useful member of the pharmyard is the transgenic goat. A number of therapeutic recombinant proteins can be excreted in goat milk after nuclar transfer, including human antithrombin.

Competing interests: Advises pharmaceutical companies

Ralph Carter, Pharmaceutical physician

Pharmareview, Heron Square, Richmond, TW9

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