Public Title Stable Cell Lines Expressing Porcine Beta Adrenergic Receptors Division Lead Inventor Mills, Scott Public Description Cloned cell lines provide the specificity for drug discovery in livestock and circumvents the need for live animals studies. Purdue researchers have cloned the porcine beta-1 and beta-2 adrenergic receptor genes and used them to generate stable cell lines in Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing a specific receptor protein. Patent Status Public References Key Words Biotechnology, Biotechnology/Cell lines, Veterinary, Veterinary/Animal health & nutrition Manager Karen White Email kfwhite@prf.org Telephone 765-588-3486 Fax 765-463-3486   Back to List