HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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It was the first vaccine developed
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It was the first antibiotic developed
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It was the first biotech drug approved by the FDA
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It was the first approved biotech treatment for AIDS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eli Lilly followed this technology to produce Humulin, the first recombinant insulin approved in 1982, for the treatment of diabetic patients.
Detailed explanation-2: -Developed by Genentech, the first American biotechnology company, Humulin was licensed to Eli Lilly and became the first marketable product created through recombinant DNA technology. Its licensing by the FDA in October 1982 also made it the first recombinant pharmaceutical approved for use in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first genetically engineered, synthetic “human” insulin was produced in 1978 using E. coli bacteria to produce the insulin. Eli Lilly went on in 1982 to sell the first commercially available biosynthetic human insulin under the brand name Humulin.