Production of plant compounds with antiviral activities to cure diseases is a most significant approach in medical science from ancient time, Plant Biotechnology historically have offered a myriad of possibilities to treat human diseases. Modern pharmacotherapy includes several drugs whose active compounds were initially discovered in plants, and various medicinal plants including weeds are still under investigation in the hope to find a new functionally active compound that can be used as therapeutics, such as vaccines. In the current pandemic caused by the Coronavirus,
Plant biotechnology also benefits from the unique advantages of plants for the expression of protein.
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๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, Dr.Parul Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, M.Sc., PhD from National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi