GM Yeast Produces Human Protein

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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[floydman]

The rule of thumb for GM was,"fool around with nature, nature will fool around with you" and history proves this right, and in areas least expected. /*The GM in the title gives the impression of "General Manager Yeast produces human protien", my boss would be happy to hear that */