For instance, liquid culture fermentation is used to produce large quantities of insulin and
erythropoietin used to treat diabetes and anaemia, respectively (the latter has also found notoriety in distance sports, such as cycling and marathon running, for its endurance enhancing properties).
Not exact matches
The cyclists» SMR was consistent across different periods of participation, corresponding to the reported or suspected
use of cocaine and amphetamines (1947 - 1970), androgens and anabolic steroids (1971 - 1990) and growth hormone and
erythropoietin (1991 - 2012), said Dr. Jouven.
A team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering designed a better variant of the widely -
used drug
erythropoietin (EPO), showing how rational design can improve in vivo efficacy and safety of protein therapeutics, reduce potential side effects, and also accelerate new drug development.
Then, in 2012, he got a lifetime ban for doping, for
using among other things the blood - oxygen - boosting agent
erythropoietin (EPO).
The researchers demonstrated the method by
using it to find a potent antibody mimic, or «agonist,» of
erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells.
, the researchers described the case of a man with an acute lung disorder, in which he received an experimental treatment involving the
use of his own blood - derived cells and the drug
erythropoietin, which stimulates the production of red blood cells.
Dr. Rex
used gene delivery to provide long - term production of a modified form of
erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone that induces red blood cell production but is also a neuroprotective cytokine.
Using a mouse model, the lab of Whitehead Institute Founding Member Harvey Lodish, has now determined that combining the cholesterol - lowering drug fenofibrate with glucocorticoids could allow for dramatically lower steroid doses in the treatment of Diamond Blackfan anemia and other
erythropoietin - resistant anemias.
One study discussing the
use of HGH for anemia explains how multiple hormone changes can influence
erythropoietin synthesis (production of the hormone that promotes red blood cell mass).
Other medications may include appetite stimulants, stomach acid reducers such as Pepcid, phosphate binders, potassium supplements, and injectable
erythropoietin, which is
used to stimulate red blood cell production in the anemic cat.
Studies on the
use of canine
erythropoietin were also underway at that School (ref).
A more commonly published statistic is that antibody production is a problem in 30 - 40 % of pets
using human
erythropoietin but this complication poses a sobering thought.
Erythropoietin replacement is sometimes
used for cats with chronic kidney failure.
A synthetic hormone called Epogen (
erythropoietin) can be
used to stimulate the bone marrow to produce red blood cells.