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Transgenic Plant Production

ProdiGene announces a research agreement to produce gelatin in maize

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, July 25th, 2002

ProdiGene, Inc., announced that it has entered into a research agreement with FibroGen, Inc. for the production of recombinant gelatin in maize.

The collaboration will focus on the use of ProdiGene's proprietary transgenic plant system and FibroGen's proprietary methods for the production of a large quantity, low-cost source of FibroGen's high quality recombinant gelatin.

Concerns surrounding animal and human-derived proteins make ProdiGene's expertise in the area of recombinant protein production in plants attractive to FibroGen. ProdiGene's technologies have led to ProdiGene's previously announced scale-up to production level quantities of...

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