pharming, the generation of pharmaceuticals using animals or plants that have been genetically engineered. Pharming is a useful alternative to traditional pharmaceutical development because genetically engineered livestock and plants are relatively inexpensive to produce and maintain.

What is pharming in biology?

Bio-pharming is the production of pharmaceutical proteins in genetically engineered plants. Pharmaceuticals can be made in plants at a significantly reduced cost compared to current production methods.

What is pharming in genetic engineering?

Pharming, a portmanteau of “farming” and “pharmaceutical”, refers to the use of genetic engineering to insert genes that code for useful pharmaceuticals into host animals or plants that would otherwise not express those genes, thus creating a genetically modified organism (GMO).