BOTANY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Why did scientists edit the genes of bacteria to produce insulin?
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Because the bacteria were diabetic
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Because bacteria have simple DNA that is easier to manipulate, making it easy to produce insulin in a lab
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Because bacteria’s complex DNA was perfect for insulin production
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Because insulin has no use outside of a lab setting
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Many diabetics, therefore, must inject insulin into their bodies daily. Prior to the 1980s, insulin for diabetics came from pigs and was very expensive. To create insulin inexpensively, the gene that produces human insulin was added to the genes in a normal E. coli bacteria.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bacteria can produce Human insulin in Recombinant DNA Technology because the genetic code for insulin is universal. Insulin is used to treat diabetes.
Detailed explanation-3: -When using bacteria to clone a human gene and express its product-as in the case of insulin-the gene cannot contain introns because bacteria do not have the enzymes to process mRNA.
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