Objective This project outlines work towards the use of plants for the production ofpharmaceutical based products.To accomplish this a system comprised of arecombinant plant virus particle expressing antigenic sequences from viral pathogens will be used. The objectives are as follows :- to use plants to develop the technology to produce edible, oral vaccines;- to use plants to develop the technology to produce diagnostic reagents including edible vaccines.This project will describe the viral pathogens to be studied, how the epitopes of these pathogens will be identified, how these sequences will be produced in plants and subsequently tested in both model and target animals for the development of vaccines. It will also describe how the plant produced sequences can also be used for the development of diagnostic products.The completion of the research outlined in this project will be an important step towards using plants as a way to generate raw materials for pharmaceutical products instead of as just commodities. This would provide the European farmer with an opportunity of access to a new and lucrative market : pharmaceutical products. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsvaccines Programme(s) FP4-FAIR - Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of agriculture and fisheries (including agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aquaculture and rural development), 1994-1998 Topic(s) 3.2.1 - Application of biotechnology to food materials Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Axis Genetics plc EU contribution No data Address Babraham Hall CB2 4AZ Cambridge United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DANISH VETERINARY INSTITUTE FOR VIRUS RESEARCH Denmark EU contribution No data Address LINDHOLM 4771 KALVEHAVE See on map Total cost No data I.D. - D.L.O. - INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution No data Address EDELHERTWEG, 15 8219 PH LELYSTAD See on map Total cost No data IMMUNOLOGIA Y GENETICA APLICADA S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address HERMANOS GARCIA NOBLEJAS, 41 28037 MADRID See on map Total cost No data