PLANT-BASED DRUG MANUFACTURE PROJECT LAUNCHED
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EURO 8.5 million research project has been launched that will develop plants able to be sources of complex pharmaceutical compounds especially useful for fighting malaria and cancer. The European Union (EU)-funded SmartCell project will focus on controlling the metabolism of plant cells to create a "green factory" for pharmaceuticals, claimed coordinator the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. It said researchers would especially focus on terpene compounds, which are valuable for medicine manufacturers. "The latest ...
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