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[[Ventria Bioscience]] uses a proprietary system known as Express Tec for producing recombinant human proteins in rice grains.<ref name=ventria>{{cite web|url=http://www.ventria.com |title=Ventria Bioscience: improving global accessibility of life-saving recombinant medicines and other biotechnology products |publisher=Ventria.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-12}}</ref> Their most notable variety produces human [[Lactoferrin]] and [[Lysozyme]].<ref name=ventria/> These two proteins are produced naturally in human [[breast milk]] and are used globally in [[infant formula]] and [[Oral rehydration therapy|rehydration]] products.<ref name=ventria/><ref name=SacJou>{{cite web |title=Kansas Welcomes Altered Rice Crops from Ventria |publisher=Sacramento Business Journal |date=27 November 2011 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2006/10/09/story4.html}}</ref>
=== Submergence resistance ===
While rice grows in water, it cannot survive floods which in 2010 led to loss of 4 millions of tons of rice in India and Bangladesh alone. Addition of a single gene Sub1A<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://funricegenes.github.io/Sub1A/|title=Sub1A|website=funricegenes.github.io|access-date=2020-03-16}}</ref> was sufficient to allow rice to survive underwater for up to two weeks. The gene is in [[public domain]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brand|first=Stewart|title=Whole Earth Discipline|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2010|isbn=9780143118282|location=|pages=}}</ref>
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