Novel Bioreactor Enhances Interleukin-12 Production In Genetically-modified Tobacco Plants
Monday, December 8, 2008 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have found a way to produce significant quantities of murine interleukin-12, a naturally occurring protein essential for the proper functioning of the human immune system, from the hairy roots of genetically-modified tobacco plants by growing them in a novel mist bioreactor system.
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