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2002-07-01 |

GE controversy in Malaysia

Rubber is being re-engineered. One day, perhaps in less than a decade from now, rubber trees will become natural pharmaceutical -factories producing life-saving medicines.
Researchers at RRIM have implanted a gene into the rubber tree to produce human serum albumin (HSA), a protein in blood essential for staying alive. And that, after more studies and trials, is expected to enter the US$4.2 billion market for HSA. ”You don’t cut the tree, you just tap it,” says P Arokiaraj, senior researcher at RRIM’s biotechnology division. ”And from the latex, you can spin out the HSA protein. The system is working.”

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2002-07-01 |

GE controversy in Malaysia

Rubber is being re-engineered. One day, perhaps in less than a decade from now, rubber trees will become natural pharmaceutical -factories producing life-saving medicines.
Researchers at RRIM have implanted a gene into the rubber tree to produce human serum albumin (HSA), a protein in blood essential for staying alive. And that, after more studies and trials, is expected to enter the US$4.2 billion market for HSA. ”You don’t cut the tree, you just tap it,” says P Arokiaraj, senior researcher at RRIM’s biotechnology division. ”And from the latex, you can spin out the HSA protein. The system is working.”

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