Modigene’s Shot In The Arm

No one likes getting jabbed, but for many there isn’t a choice. Millions of people get daily injections of therapeutic proteins, a group that encompasses everything from insulin to fertility drugs. The problem faced by patients enduring multiple injections is how to get these therapies to last longer. The danger faced by drug developers wishing to increase “persistence”, is that the body will develop an immune response to the molecule, rendering it useless.

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Filed under: Fertility on April 17th, 2008