The invention relates to human procalcitonin and the preparation and use thereof. In particular, a process for preparing human procalcitonin is described wherein a gene coding for a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of human procalcitonin is inserted into a vector; a host organism is transformed...http://www.google.de/patents/US6562946?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6562946 - Human procalcitonin and the preparation and use thereof