Molecular farming: seizing the opportunity to establish a new technology based, value adding industry in and for Australia.

分子农业涉及在植物中生产新产品，并将转基因植物的技术与植物生物质的高效生产结合起来。潜在产品的范围非常广泛，包括治疗和工业蛋白质、生物塑料、纤维、食品添加剂、胶水和染料。分子农业产业已经在北美建立，产品已经上市。澳大利亚有一个杰出的机会，参与这一新的行业作为一个生产者，如果我们能够聚集关键的科学质量，并与目前羽翼未丰的行业和国家和联邦监管机构合作。

Molecular farming involves the production of novel products in plants and brings together the technology to genetically modify plants to produce these products with efficient production of plant biomass. The range of potential products is very broad and includes therapeutic and industrial proteins, bioplastics, fibres, food additives, glues and dyes. The molecular farming industry is already established in North America with products on the market. Australia has an outstanding opportunity to participate in this new industry as a producer if we can aggregate the critical scientific mass and work together with the current fledgling industry and State and Federal regulators.