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Recombivax HB is made by inserting a gene from the hepatitis B virus into yeast. The yeast cells then multiply rapidly and manufacture large amounts of a protein from the virus. This protein forms the basis of the new vaccine, which triggers an immune reaction when injected into humans...
...time being, both vaccines will cost patients $110 for a course of three inoculations. After the development costs for Recombivax HB are recovered, however, it may become cheaper than the blood-based alternative. Reason: the prolific yeast will make it easier to mass-produce Recombivax...
Susan M. Hanley, 29, of Cambridge, is a research associate in a genetics research company, BioTechnica International, working in yeast mold biology. While she was an undergraduate, Hanley majored in chemistry, but has spent the last seven years researching E. coli, a common bacterium...
...What do yeast, egg white and fish glue have in common? They are ingredients of some wines, though a customer would not realize it from reading the labels on the bottles. Thinking that people should know what they are drinking, Federal Judge John Pratt ruled in Washington last week that beer, wine and liquor manufacturers must begin revealing ingredients by April...
...national standards within Western Europe alone forces Philips, the Dutch electronics company, to manufacture 29 types of electrical outlets, ten kinds of plugs and twelve varieties of cords. West Germany has a law dating from 1516 that prohibits the sale of beer made from anything but pure water, malt, yeast and hops. The rule originally gave Germans protection from adulteration, but now it serves mainly to keep out foreign beers, like Heineken and Carlsberg, that contain other grains or preservatives...