Roferon-A, Interferon alfa-2a recombinant, Sterile Powder for Injection
date: label: date made
content: ca 1988
label: product expiration date
content: 1988-06-01
name: label: maker
content: Hoffmann-La Roche
label: maker
content: Roche Laboratories
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Roferon-A is an injectible, recombinant pharmaceutical used to treat different types of leukemia, malignant melanoma, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, AIDS-related sarcoma, and hepatitis. It was discontinued in October 2007, as new therapies for the diseases it treated were developed.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Recombinant pharmaceuticals are created by inserting genes from one species into a host species, often yeast or bacteria, where they do not naturally occur. The genes code for a desired product, and therefore the genetically modified host organisms can be grown and used as a kind of living factory to produce the product. In this case, genes coding for human interferon are inserted into bacteria. Interferon is a substance that is naturally made by the body to fight infections and tumors. Bacteria produce the interferon, which is harvested and used as the active ingredient in Roferon-A.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Object consists of a sealed white cardboard box with red and black print.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Nutley
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Biotechnology and Genetics
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content: Recombinant Pharmaceuticals
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Antibody Initiative: Monoclonal Antibodies
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0786.03
label: accession number
content: 1987.0786
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0786.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: interferon alfa-2a, recombinant, 18 million iu (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: Diluent for Roferon-A, 3 mL (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 9/16 in x 1 5/16 in; 5.08 cm x 6.50875 cm x 3.33375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 5.08 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.4925 cm