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Články z EurekAlertStudy shows potential for using algae to produce human therapeutic proteins

8. 3 2010 (06:00)

Pharmaceutical companies could substantially reduce the expense of costly treatments for cancer and other diseases produced from mammalian or bacterial cells by growing these human therapeutic proteins in algae -- rapidly growing aquatic plant cells that have recently gained attention for their ability to produce biofuels.