Jefferson Medical College Scientists Create Plant Factories That Churn Out Antibodies Against Tumor Cells.

Byline: Thomas Jefferson University

PHILADELPHIA, May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Jefferson Medical College are using tobacco plants to produce monoclonal antibodies - tiny guided protein missiles - that can target and hunt down cancer cells. The plants promise to provide a cheaper, faster method of producing anticancer antibodies, raising hopes that the technology can one day be used in humans.

Scientists, led by Hilary Koprowski, M.D., professor of microbiology and immunology and director of the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories and the Center for Neurovirology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and …