Early work on human growth hormone paved way for synthetic versions
Excerpt from the May 21, 1966, issue of Science News
GROW Human growth hormone can be made in the laboratory by bacteria equipped with human hormone genes. The brand of hormone above, Kryptoprin, is prescribed for children with growth hormone deficiencies.
Kryptoprin/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Growth hormone mapped — Discovery of the complete chemical structure of the human growth hormone has been reported….