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

The ten recombinant proteins which are used in medical practice are as follows:


Recombinant proteins



Uses in medical practice



•Insulin



•For the treatment of Diabetes mellitus.



•Tissue plasminogen activator



•To treat acute myocardial infarction.



•HBsAg protein



•Subunit vaccine against hepatitis B.



•Human recombinant growth hormone somatostatin



•To promote growth and treat dwarfism.



•Blood coagulation factor VIII



•To treat haemophilia A.



•Blood coagulation factor IX



•To treat Haemophilia B.



•Erythropoietin



•To treat anaemia.



•DNase I



•To treat cystic fibrosis.



•Thyroid stimulating hormone



•To treat recurrent thyroid cancer.



•Monoclonal antibodies



•To stimulate the host immune system.



Note: Monoclonal antibodies are recombinant antibodies produced by myeloma B – cells and have unique specificity for antigens used to treat diseases caused by specific antigens by stimulating host immune system against the attack.


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