Ventria_Bioscience
Ventria Bioscience
Biotechnology company
Ventria Bioscience is a biotech company with a focus on human nutrition and human therapeutics. The company was established in 1993 in Colorado.[1] The company's core technology is a genetically modified crop-based protein production system (also called a "pharming" system) called ExpressTec.
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ExpressTec uses self-pollinating crops such as rice and barley to minimize the risk of gene flow normally associated with transgenic plants. Plant-produced proteins also offer advantages for cell culture and bioprocessing use because they replace animal derived components, which have become unpopular due to concerns about prion contamination.[citation needed]