Tobacco curing disease?

Transgenetic tobacco producing HIV medicine?

The active ingredient is an antibody called P2G12 – it recognizes proteins on the surface of HIV to block infection. More specifically, it’s a monoclonal antibody made from immune cells for one specific role. It was discovered by private Austrian biotech Polymun.

They already use these antibodies, usually in treating certain forms of cancer or autoimmune problems but they are very very expensive.


Wikipedia article discusses how these monoclonal antibodies are produced now from animal cells and human cells:



The hope is that producing them in tobacco will make it cheaper and easier.





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