Intron A; Interferon Alfa-2B Recombinant, 10 million IU
date: label: date made
content: 1988
label: product expiration date
content: 1988-03
name: label: maker
content: Schering Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Intron A is an injectible recombinant pharmaceutical used to treat hairy cell leukemia.
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 white blood cell interferons are inserted into bacteria. Interferon is a substance that is naturally made by the body to fight infections and tumors. Bacteria produce the interferons, which are harvested and used as the active ingredient in Intron A.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Object consists of a cardboard box containing a second box, two glass bottles (one of the active pharmaceutical and one of the dilutent), and two product inserts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Kenilworth
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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: Gift of Schering Corporation, through Steven Schneider, Vice-President
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0781.03
label: accession number
content: 1987.0781
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0781.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: biological
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Interferon alfa-2b recombinant, 10 million IU per vial (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: Dilutent for Intron A, Bacteriostatic water for injection, 2 mL (overall ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.8 cm x 6.2 cm x 3.5 cm; 3 7/16 in x 2 7/16 in x 1 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 8.5725 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.81 cm