Plant Biotechnology in the Fight Against Human Diseases
A special issue of BioTech (ISSN 2673-6284). This special issue belongs to the section "Industry, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 49
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Interests: drug discovery; cancer therapy; reactive molecules; protein binding; high throughput; microorganisms; plasmids; amino acid production
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Dear Colleagues,
Chemical synthesis of protein inhibitors has become a key approach in the development of small therapeutic molecules over the last three decades. However, the success of the “key protein inhibitor strategy” has only partially lived up to our expectations and has essentially been replaced by the “targeted protein degradation strategy” in recent years.
It is worth recalling that plant biology has a multi-million-year history of development compared to the short history of chemical synthesis of therapeutic molecules. Plants have survived and synthesized new molecules in various natural conditions, they have overcome large-scale fires, volcanic effects, and air pollution. Therefore, the therapeutic potential of plants is determined by their long-term evolution, which is important when searching for new therapeutic approaches in medicine. Many examples of useful plant molecules as potential therapeutic agents against neurological diseases, diabetes, cancer, aging, etc., have already been described.
We welcome you to submit your theoretical and experimental ideas regarding plant molecules and their potential therapeutic effects to our Special Issue of journal BioTech. Your innovative results are important for expanding the methodology of plant biotechnology and can give hope for the treatment of various human diseases.
We look forward to your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Vehary Sakanyan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant metabolism
- active small molecules
- target proteins
- therapeutic expectations
- signaling pathways
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