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Table 2 Some prescription drugs created by transgenic animals

From: A review of transgenic animal techniques and their applications

Drug

Disease/target

Animal

Reference

Alpha-lactalbumin

Anti-infection

Cow

[80]

Human protein C

Thrombosis

Pig, sheep

[81]

Fibrinogen

Wound healing

Cow &sheep

[82, 83]

Glutamic acid decarboxylase

Type 1 diabetes

Mouse, goat

[84]

Human serum albumin (HAS)

Maintains blood volume

Mouse, cow

[85]

msp-1

Malaria

Mouse

[86]

CFTR

Cystic fibrosis

Sheep, mouse

[87]

Human calcitonin

Osteoporosis

Rabbit

[88]

Lactoferrin

Tract infection, infectious arthritis

Cow

[89]