Summary of International Exhibition and Congress (3rd): BIOTECHNICA '87 Hannover Held in Hannover (Germany, F.R.) on 22-24 September 1987

This is a summary of the third international exhibition and congress for biotechnology, held is September 1987 at Hannover, West Germany. Topics of the presentations reviewed are polypeptides in therapy, enzymatic and microbial transformation, and fundamental of bioprocess engineering. Subtopics include Production and Isolation of Peptide Hormone Human Interleukin from Recombinant Mammalian Cell Lines Atrial Natriuretic Factors Production of Proteins Microbical and Enzymatic Processes Enzymatic Conversion of Insulin Microbical Conversion Enzymes as Catalysts Bioreactors for Animal Cell Cultures Evaluation of Gene Expression and Recombinant Fermentation Processes Scale-Up and Manufacture of Drugs Produced by Recombinant Organisms D-amino acids Amides Insulin-like growth factors Fusion proteins.