Anti-HIV protein made in plants
Date: 1.4.2009
One greenhouse could produce a million doses of **virus-blocking** chemical.
Researchers have used **plants** to make large amounts of a protein that could help prevent the transmission of **HIV**.
The study brings the prospect of a commercial protein-based **microbicide** for HIV a step closer, the researchers say. Such microbicides have so far proved too expensive to mass-produce.
"Nature News":[ http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090330/full/news.2009.208.html?s=news_rss]
