Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (9): 17-22.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2017-0177

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Research and Development Progress on Plant-made Pharmaceuticals

LIU Rong-rong   

  1. Department of Science and Technology Management,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100081
  • Received:2017-03-09 Online:2017-09-01 Published:2017-09-15

Abstract:

Compared with the traditional production methods,the use of transgenic plants as bioreactor for the production of pharmaceutical proteins and vaccines is considered to be low-cost,safer and more convenient. At present,a number of plant-made pharmaceutical proteins have been approved for commercialization,while a group of plant-made vaccines have entered clinical trials. Research and development of plant-made vaccines and pharmaceutical proteins are reviewed,main problems and challenges are discussed,and the future technology development is prospected.

Key words: plant bioreactor, vaccine, pharmaceutical protein, expression system