Month: November 2019

LC-PUFA IN PREGNANCY

Although the studies regarding supplementation with LC-PUFAs are sometimes controversial, most researches recommend a diet rich in fish, especially for pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy.
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Production of pharmaceutical proteins in plants

Elena Cristea Introduction Bioengineered plants are use to produce protein therapeutics from plants for more than two decades. Until recent time, pharmaceuticals were produced from small organic molecules, synthesized by microorganisms or using the chemical pathways. Usually short peptide chains (containing less than 30 amino acids) are synthesized chemically, but large proteins are best produced […]
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