Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. “Molecular farming started out with transgenic plants,” said Rybicki. Scientists developed several strategies to produce transgenic ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Recombinant protein production for pharmaceuticals and other applications often involves infecting plants with bacteria carrying specific genes to accumulate desired proteins in plants.

Making proteins for research or therapies often starts with cell-line development. In many applications, genetic engineering is used to optimize a cell line for producing high levels of the intended ...

The host cell system is a critical determinant of recombinant protein quality and yield, with direct influence on protein folding and post-translational modification factors that shape the ...