Plant Molecular Farming (PMF)
Definition
The production of proteins, peptides and small molecules through the use of plant biotechnology. The technology involves insertion of foreign genes coding for the desired protein into the plant. The whole plant, tissues or cells can be used. Pharmaceuticals (therapeutic proteins, antibodies and vaccines) and “functional” foods and nutraceuticals have been produced.
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Case Study
Iksuda Therapeutics – Oligosaccharide Profiling of an ADC
Iksuda required glycosylation analysis for their Antibody Drug Conjugate product to provide functionally important post-translational modification information and to ensure that the chemistry used to attach the drug did not impact glycosylation.
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