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Nutraceuticals and Food Sciences

International Conference on

Nursing and Healthcare

Joint Event

Journal of Food science and Nutrition | Volume 1

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Plant Virus Nanoparticles: New applications for developing countries

Kathleen Hefferon

Cornell University, USA

or over two decades now, plants have been explored

for their potential to act as production platforms for

biopharmaceuticals, such as vaccines and monoclonal

antibodies. Without a doubt, the development of plant

viruses as expression vectors for pharmaceutical production

have played an integral role in the emergence of plants as

inexpensive and facile systems for the generation of therapeutic

proteins. More recently, plant viruses have been designed as

non-toxic nanoparticles which can target a variety of cancers

and thus empower the immune system to slow or even reverse

tumor progression. The following presentation describes the

employment of plant virus expression vectors for the treatment

of some of the most challenging diseases known today. The

presentationconcludeswithaprojectionofthemultipleavenues

bywhich virus nanoparticles could impact developing countries.