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Tobacco plants enlisted in war on cancer
Tobacco plants infected by genetically treated viruses can quickly manufacture patient-specific cancer vaccines.
References:
McCormick, A.A. . . . D. Tusé . . . and R. Levy. 1999. Rapid production of specific vaccines for lymphoma by expression of the tumor-derived single-chain Fv epitopes in tobacco plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(Jan. 19):703.
Further Readings:
Travis, J. 1998. Scientists harvest antibodies from plants. Science News 154(Dec. 5):359.
Sources:
Ronald Levy
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Oncology
Stanford, CA 94305
Daniel Tusé
Biosource Technologies, Inc.
3333 Vacavalley Parkway
Suite 1000
Vacaville, CA 95688
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 5, January 30, 1999, p. 69. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
