From Plant to Medicine

Researchers have come one step closer to being able to use plants more often as a source for a particular type of medicine.

An important gene has been identified that is involved in the glycosylation process in plants. Glycosylation is a process in which various sugar chains are added to certain proteins.

These sugar chains are important to the development of therapeutic proteins used in medicines.

With this discovery, the researchers are hopeful that they will be able to make adjustments in the glycosylation process to improve the production of therapeutic proteins.

Learn more about this study, see:

• Breakthrough In Plant Medicine Production (Science Daily)