Find out where they are used as therapeutics (use the internet).

Question

Can you list 10 recombinant proteins which are used in medical practice? Find out where they are used as therapeutics (use the internet).

Answer 1

(i) Diabetes due to human insulin

(ii) Effective treatment of dwarfism using human growth hormone

 (iii) Y1H/IX-hemophilia blood clotting factor

 (iv) TPA (tissue plasminogen activator) - Heart attacks/stroke

(v) PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor) promotes healing.

(vi) Interferon - Used to treat viral infections.

 (vii) Interleukin - Boosts the immune system,

 (viii)Vaccine against hepatitis B virus - Preventing infection caused by the disease.

 (ix) Vaccinate for Herpes - Protection against infectious diseases.

 (x) Treatment for cystic fibrosis with DNase I.