GM Yeast Produces Human Protein

Posted by michael on Sunday August 31, 2003 @08:05PM from the sourdough dept.

Makarand writes "A team of US scientists has been able to genetically modify yeast to produce fully human protein. Human protein chains have specific groups of sugars attached which determine how these proteins will fold and function. The process of attaching these sugars to the protein, called glycoslylation, which has always evaded researchers can now be been carried out in the labaratory using genetically modified yeast. The team removed the yeast's genes that added sugars to the protein in a 'non-human' way and added five new genes to the yeast to add the sugars required by the human protein to fold and function."

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Another way to add sugar... by neglige · 2003-08-31 20:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

have a few cookies and several mugs of coffee. No genes needed here.

And, no, don't drink the coffee black.

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Well... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-31 21:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I, for one, welcome our new genetically-modified-yeast overlords.
Should I? by JeanPaulBob · 2003-09-01 01:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I for one welcome our new yeast-grown superhuman overlords.