Pharming Promises and risks of biopharmaceuticals derived from genetically modified plants and animals /

• Main Authors: Rehbinder, Eckard (Author), Rehbinder, E. (Author), Engelhard, M. (Author), Hagen, K. (Author), Jørgensen, R. B. (Author), Pardo-Avellaneda, R. (Author), Schnieke, A. (Author), Thiele, F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, Schriftenreihe der Europäischen Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH, 35
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Biochemical engineering.; Ethics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biochemical Engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.

Recent scientific advances have made it possible to produce biopharmaceuticals in genetically modified plants and animals, such as maize, tobacco, goats, and chickens. This new branch of biotechnology is termed pharming, composed of the terms pharmaceuticals and farming. Pharming constitutes an over...