1. ...transgenic sheep that secrete a human protein into their milk. 2. With an understanding of human proteins, scientists will be able to fight diseases on many fronts. 3. A computer search of protein databases with the predicted Drosophila amino acid sequence revealed homologies consistent with those previously reported for the human protein. 4. Although the new studies were with mice, humans make a very similar protein and the human protein works perfectly in mice, the researchers report. 5. Another possible source of extra complexity is that human proteins have sugars and other chemical groups attached to them after synthesis. 6. Because the proteins of a cell turn over rapidly, the cow proteins are expected to be rapidly replaced by human proteins. 7. Biotech scientists took the genes that produce human proteins such as insulin and pasted these genes into bacteria. 8. But the new system uses only human genes and human proteins, Wilson said. 9. But the biotech industry was founded on the ability to reproduce human proteins made of molecules that are too big to be turned into pills. 10. Called transgenic technology, the method involves introducing copies of DNA for a specific human protein into animal cells. |