Product | Use |
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Colony-stimulating factor | Stimulates production of white blood cells in patients with cancer and AIDS |
Erythropoietin | Prevents anemia in patients undergoing kidney dialysis and cancer therapy |
Factor VIII | Replaces clotting factor missing in patients with hemophilia A |
Growth hormone | Replaces missing hormone in people of short stature |
Insulin | Stimulates glucose uptake from blood in people with insulin-dependent (type I) diabetes |
Platelet-derived growth factor | Stimulates wound healing |
Tissue plasminogen activator | Dissolves blood clots after heart attacks and strokes |
Vaccine proteins: Hepatitis B, herpes, influenza, Lyme disease, meningitis, pertussis, etc. | Prevent and treat infectious diseases |