pharming

In general, animal pharming is considered to be 5 to 10 times more economical on a continuing basis and 2 to 3 times cheaper in start-up costs than cell culture production methods.

Archive 2004-12-01 2004

As a production method, animal pharming is entirely unprecedented and is likely to undergo significant evaluation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Archive 2004-12-01 2004

Notice that pharming is expected to increase the value of animals dramatically.

Archive 2004-12-01 2004

The blood is developed by using hematopoietic cells taken from umbilical cords in a process called 'pharming' - using genetically engineered plants or animals to create mass quantities of useful substances.

dailyindia.com News Feed 2010

I work with about 30 schools a year, high schools around the country, and all kids talk about now is pharming, which is prescription drugs.

CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2009 2009

Some of them were people I never suspected to be the "pharming" type.

Are Study Drugs A Form Of Cheating? The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Some of them were people I never suspected to be the "pharming" type.

Are Study Drugs A Form Of Cheating? The Huffington Post News Team 2010

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, defines "pharming" as "swapping prescription and/or over-the-counter medications and taking them all at once, often with alcohol, to get high -- has become a popular and dangerous trend among teens."

Barbara Ficarra: Prescription Drugs: Keep Out of Reach of Teens 2009

The rice from California-based "pharming" firm Ventria Bioscience was designed to synthesize a human immune protein.

Boing Boing 2007

This powerful new use of biotechnology is called "pharming" and it poses a very real threat to our personal and environmental health-and phrankly, I, for one, am phed up!

They Call It "Pharming" And It's Phrightening! 2008

Pharming Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Definitions:   Using technical means to redirect users into accessing a fake Web site masquerading as a legitimate one and divulging personal information. Sources: NIST SP 800-44 Version 2   An attack in which an attacker corrupts an infrastructure service such as DNS (Domain Name System) causing the subscriber to be misdirected to a forged verifier/RP, which could cause the subscriber to reveal sensitive information, download harmful software, or contribute to a fraudulent act.

Pharming - Glossary | CSRC 2023

Pharming: it's not just another misspelled word! The term "pharming" comes from a combination of the words "farming" and "pharmaceuticals." It's a melding of the most basic methods of agriculture with the most advanced biotechnology.Gene pharming is a technology that scientists use to alter an animal's own DNA, or to splice in new DNA, called a transgene, from another species. In pharming, these genetically modified (transgenic) animals are used mostly to make human proteins that have medicinal value. The protein encoded by the transgene is secreted into the animal's milk, eggs, or blood, and then collected and purified. Livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, and pigs have already been modified in this way to produce several useful proteins and drugs.

Pharming for Farmaceuticals 2023

The earliest mention I found on Nexis and Factiva was from the March 8, 2002, Chambersburg, Pa., Public Opinion. The reporter writes: Advertisement With prescription drug abuse, the scene could be much different. In some communities, kids have “pharming” parties. They go to their parents’ or grandparents’ medicine cabinets and take whatever drugs are there. At the parties, they throw the pills in a bowl and take a handful, [Pamela] Bennett [a flack for Purdue Parma, makers of OxyContin] said. The pills could be Viagra, antibiotics, blood pressure medication or anything else.

Are "pharm parties" real or a media invention? Jack Shafer 2006

But pharm parties, where, “Bowls and baggies of random pills often … called ‘trail mix,’ ” are dispensed, as USA Today reports? My BS detector started growling the minute I spotted the piece.

Are "pharm parties" real or a media invention? Jack Shafer 2006

Pharming: it's not just another misspelled word! The term "pharming" comes from a combination of the words "farming" and "pharmaceuticals." It's a melding of the most basic methods of agriculture with the most advanced biotechnology.Gene pharming is a technology that scientists use to alter an animal's own DNA, or to splice in new DNA, called a transgene, from another species. In pharming, these genetically modified (transgenic) animals are used mostly to make human proteins that have medicinal value. The protein encoded by the transgene is secreted into the animal's milk, eggs, or blood, and then collected and purified. Livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, and pigs have already been modified in this way to produce several useful proteins and drugs.

Pharming for Farmaceuticals 2023