10 Years of Guidance in Growth
10 Years of Guidance in Growth
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- Description (Brief)
- This poster celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the drug Protropin. Protropin, manufactured by Genentech, a biotechnology company, from 1985 to 2004, was a recombinant human growth hormone used to treat children with certain pituitary-based growth disorders. The poster features ten pairs of children's shoes representing the years 1985–1995, with each pair becoming progressively larger. See also objects 1987.0789.01 and 1987.0789.02.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- poster
- user
- Genentech, Inc.
- used
- United States: California, South San Francisco
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 38 in x 1 in; 22.86 cm x 96.52 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 2012.0198.57
- accession number
- 2012.0198
- catalog number
- 2012.0198.57
- Credit Line
- Gift of Genentech
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- Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology and Genetics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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