Fields to fermentors: Brewing botanical chemotherapeutic precursors using genetically engineered yeast.
Med
; 3(11): 727-729, 2022 11 11.
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ABSTRACT
Plants are a rich source of chemotherapeutics and other essential medicines, but plant-based drug supply chains are unsustainable. Writing in Nature, Zhang et al.1 demonstrated a proof-of-concept alternate source of the anticancer drug vinblastine by engineering yeast to convert sugar and amino acids into its direct precursors, catharanthine and vindoline.
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01-internacional
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Catharanthus
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Antineoplásicos
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Med
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2022
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Article
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Estados Unidos