Other drugs

Alternative drugs that boost red blood cells production There is a large number of natural substances producing the effect similar to erythropoietin (EPO), however not so powerful. Due to worldwide screening of bioactive matters, the list of EPO mimicking substances is growing every day. In this article we will discuss the most famous ones. Rhodiola … Read moreOther drugs

Kinds of EPO

Nowadays almost all commercially available erythropoietin represents a product of recombinant DNA technology (rhEPO). Since there were different laboratories working on the problem of EPO production, today we have several types of EPO. In most cases, their amino-acid sequence is identical to natural hormone and their major difference is in the pattern of glycosylation. As … Read moreKinds of EPO