Genetic Engineering : Insulin

Genetic engineering process insulin was prepared from slaughter cattle and pig it cause allergy due to some people

Insulin contain two chain A and B chain linked by disulphide bond. Human insulin is synthesised as a prohormone some process happened before it become a fully mature human insulin.

In immature insulin contain A chain, B chain and also contain extra C chain structure, after processed in mature insulin it contain only A and B chain linked together by disulphide bond.

Eli Lily an American company prepared human insulin follow biotechnology method. Extract A and B chain of DNA sequence and introduced them in plasmids of E. Coli to produce insulin chains. Creating disulphide bond in laboratory to form Human Insulin.

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The precision with which scientists replicate human insulin by joining the A and B chains is truly incredible. Biotechnology has turned what was once a challenge into a life-saving innovation!