BIOTECHNOLOGY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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A cloned sheep
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A newborn baby
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A human insulin-producing bacterial cell
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A virus
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Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of Escherichia coli.
Detailed explanation-2: -Human insulin is produced from genetically engineered E. coli. By using genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technology, insulin-producing genes from human beings have been transferred into E. coli.
Detailed explanation-3: -GMO insulin is also known as synthetic insulin, or human insulin. It is produced with genetically modified bacteria, instead of the traditional method that produces what is known as pork insulin. In this method, sometimes called natural insulin, the pancreas of a cow or pig is used to produce insulin.
Detailed explanation-4: -An example of transgenic bacteria is E. coli. In the plasmid of E. coli, the two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B chain of human insulin are inserted, so as to produce the respective human insulin chains.
Detailed explanation-5: -At present, insulin is being produced predominantly in E. coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae for treatment of diabetic patients.