Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 159
Question: Genetically engineered human insulin is called [CPMT 2000; MP PMT 2003]
Options:
A) Humulin
B) Haematin
C) Hybridoma
D) Hybrid
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
Appropriate recombinant E.
coli clones carrying genes for human insulin prepared by genetic engineering, can be used as factories for synthesis of insulin.
On 5th July 1983, an American firm, Eli Lilly, launched first genetically engineered human insulin (humulin).
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