Zoology - Biotechnology and Its Applications Question with Solution | TestHub

Recombinant proteins are those proteins which are obtained from recombinant DNA technology. There are only ten such proteins which are in use/practice, they are:

1. Factor VII (treating hemophilia A)

2. Factor - IX (treatment of hemophilia B)

3. DNAase I, (treating cystic fibrosis)

4. Bovine growth hormone (increasing milk yield)

5. Insulin (treating type-I diabetes mellitus)

6. Interferon-alpha (treating chronic Hepatitis-C)

7. Anti-thrombin - III (prevention of blood clot)

8. Interleukins (treatment of cancers)

9. Interferon - beta (herpes and viral enteritis)

10. Human recombinant growth hormone (promoting growth)