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(a). A patient had suffered myocardial infraction and clots were found in his blood vessels Name a ‘clot buster’ that can be used to dissolve the clots and the micro-organism from which it is obtained. (b). A woman had just undergone a kidney transplant. A bioactive molecular drug is administered to oppose kidney rejection by the body. What is the bioactive molecule? Name the microbe form which this is extracted (c). What do doctors prescribe to lower the blood cholesterol level in patients with high blood cholesterol? Name the source organism form which this drug can be obtained.

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(a) The clot buster is used to dissolve clot is Streptokinase. It is obtained from bacteria Streptococcus. 

(b) The bio-active molecule is Cyclosporin A. It is obtained from Trichoderma polysporum. 

(c) The blood cholesterol lowering agent is Statins. It is produce by the yeast Monascus purpureus.



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