Philanthropic Uses for Plant-Derived Pharmaceuticals

Biopharmaceuticals in Plants Toward the Next Century of Medicine 

3 Plant-Derived Biopharmaceuticals as a Defense AGAINST Biological Warfare Agents 

An increased awareness of the potentials of global bioterrorism has also prompted the investigation of nonconventional ways to create inexpensive vaccines on a rapid, massive scale if necessary (Hilleman, 2002). Plant-derived vaccines offer a potential new defense against biological warfare agents as they are inexpensive and can be easily scaled up to millions of doses within a short time frame. The vaccine can be stored for several 

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