Nanomaterials composed of plant viral components are finding their way into medical
technology and health care, as they offer singular properties. Precisely shaped, tailored …

Bottom-up self-assembly methods in which individual molecular components self-organize
to form functional nanoscale patterns are of long-standing interest in the field of materials …

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is a robust nanotubular nucleoprotein scaffold increasingly
employed for the high density presentation of functional molecules such as peptides …

Plant virus nanoparticles (PVNPs) have inherent immune stimulatory ability, and have been
investigated as immune adjuvants to stimulate an anti-tumor immune response. The …

Ever since its initial characterization in the 19th century, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) has
played a prominent role in the development of modern virology and molecular biology. In …

Natural plants have acquired an increasing attention in biomedical research. Recent studies
have revealed that plant-derived nanoparticles (PDNPs), which are nano-sized membrane …

Peptides have unique properties that make them useful drug candidates for diverse
indications, including allergy, infectious disease and cancer. Some peptides are intrinsically …

A new approach for super-expression of the influenza virus epitope M2e in plants has been
developed on the basis of a recombinant Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV, strain U1) genome …

Tobacco mosaic virus mutants were engineered to alter either the stability or surface
chemistry of the virion: within the coat protein, glutamic acid was exchanged for glutamine in …

Background Plant biotechnology provides a valuable contribution to global health, in part
because it can decrease the cost of pharmaceutical products. Breast cancer can now be …