8.Microbes in Human Welfare
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A patient brought to a hospital with myocardial infarction is normally immediately given

A

penicillin

B

streptokinase

C

cyclosporin-$­A$

D

statins.

(AIPMT-2012)

Solution

(b) : Streptokinase (Tissue Plasminogen Activator or $TPA$ ) is an enzyme obtained from the culture of some haemolytic bacterium Streptococcus which is modified genetically to function as clot buster. Therefore, it helps in clearing blood clots inside the blood vessels through dissolution of intravascular fibrin during myocardial infarction.

Standard 12
Biology

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