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Therapeutic proteins: developments, progress, challenges, and future perspectives

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Proteins are considered magic molecules due to their enormous applications in the health sector. Over the past few decades, therapeutic proteins have emerged as a promising treatment option for various diseases, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and others. The formulation of protein-based therapies is a major area of research, however, a few factors still hinder the large-scale production of these therapeutic products, such as stability, heterogenicity, immunogenicity, high cost of production, etc. This review provides comprehensive information on various sources and production of therapeutic proteins. The review also summarizes the challenges currently faced by scientists while developing protein-based therapeutics, along with possible solutions. It can be concluded that these proteins can be used in combination with small molecular drugs to give synergistic benefits in the future.

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The authors acknowledge Chandigarh University, Gharuan for providing infrastructure support to conduct the research work.

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Kumar, V., Barwal, A., Sharma, N. et al. Therapeutic proteins: developments, progress, challenges, and future perspectives. 3 Biotech 14, 112 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-024-03958-z

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