Introduction: Plant-produced protein products

Abstract

Using plants as factories for protein production is a proven technology that works well for vaccine, pharmaceutical, and industrial enzyme production. Although the proteins express well and have the correct characteristics, very few have been commercialized due to various concerns about their safety and quality. Nevertheless, the technology is a viable one with a large potential for excellent products at competitive costs. This volume presents several product examples from the plant production platform that are either being sold or are near commercialization. Each case study presents the challenges and advantages of using the plant system for the product.