Question

Give any ‘three’ examples of the therapeutic products produced by r-DNA technology?

Answer 1

Blood proteins, such as erythropoietin, Factor VII, VIII and IX, tissue plasminogen activator, urokinase

Human hormones, including epidermal growth factor, follicle-stimulating hormone, insulin, nerve growth factor, relaxin, somatotropin

Immune modulators, such as α-interferon, β-interferon, colony stimulating factor, lysozyme, tumour necrosis factor

Vaccines, such as cytomegalovirus vaccine, hepatitis B vaccine, measles vaccine, rabies vaccine