No formal prerequisites or propedeuticity are required. However, a solid knowledge of cell biology, molecular biology and genetics is strongly recommended in order to be able to follow the course fully understanding the different topics

Genetic manipulation of plant cells for human health. Genetically biofortied foods. Plants as molecular farming for the production of valuable therapeutic recombinant molecules. Methods for stable and transient transformation of plant colture cells and tissues. Methods for chloroplast transformation. Edible vaccines. Potential Applications of Plant Biotechnology against SARS-CoV-2 

The course aims to provide knowledge on the use of plants as molecular farming in the most modern applications related to medicine. Use plant cells and tissue cultures for the production of vaccines, antibodies and antivirals, examining the strategies implemented to optimize the production of molecules for therapeutic purposes.

Formal lectures (1 cfu= 8 hours) making use of slides and hypertext links to specific Web sites.

The evaluation of the oral examination will be based on the level of the theoretical knowledge and practical abilities acquired through the description of topics and methodologies (70%), on the critical and problems solving abilities and (20%) and on communication skills (10%).

Genetic manipulation of plant cells for human health. Genetically biofortied foods. Plants as molecular farming for the production of valuable therapeutic recombinant molecules. Methods for stable and transient transformation of plant colture cells, tissues and plants. Methods for chloroplast transformation. Edible vaccines. Potential Applications of Plant Biotechnology against SARS-CoV-2 

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