Adapting Bioreactor Technology to Produce Ebola Drug (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Adapting Bioreactor Technology to Produce Ebola Drug

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The Ebola drug Zmapp is currently grown in whole tobacco plants. A UC Davis team including engineering professor Karen McDonald aims to develop a new, faster production method by growing the plant cells in a bioreactor.

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UC Davis College of Engineering

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