Human insulin on industrial scale
How bacteria generate the human insulin on an industrial scale? Specify other forms of insulin made available by the pharmaceutical industry?
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Bacteria do not naturally synthesize the insulin. Though, it is possible to implant the human genetic material containing the insulin gene in the bacterial DNA. The mutant bacteria then multiply and generate the human insulin. The insulin is isolated and purified for later commercialization. This biotechnology is called as recombinant DNA technology. Besides, human insulin the pharmaceutical industry also generates insulin which is to be used by the humans made from the pancreas of pigs and cows.
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