Abstract
Genomics-based predictions indicate that plants harbor the ability to make a vast array of as yet undiscovered chemistry. Recent advances open up the potential to harness this capability at unprecedented scale for the discovery and development of new therapeutics.
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MeSH terms
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Drug Discovery / methods
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Genomics / methods
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Humans
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Plants* / genetics
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Plants* / metabolism
Grants and funding
This work was supported by the Novozymes Prize 2023 (Novo Nordisk Foundation to A.O.), Wellcome Discovery Award #227375/Z/23/Z to A.O., NIH award 1RO1AT010593- 01 to A.O., the BBRSC Institute Strategic Programme Grant ‘Harnessing biosynthesis for sustainable food and health’ (BB/X01097X/1 to A.O.) and the John Innes Foundation (to A.O.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.