October 1, 2007

Insulin in lettuce?

Insulin for diabetes treatment could be produced in genetically modified lettuce, according to University of Central Florida biomedical researchers.     Professor Henry Daniell’s research team genetically engineered tobacco plants with the insulin gene and then administered freeze-dried plant cells to five-week-old diabetic mice as a powder for eight weeks. By the end of the study,

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