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bacteria that have had a human gene for insulin inserted in them are used to manufacture.the drug of diabetics
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Human insulin is grown in the lab inside common bacteria. Escherichia coli is by far the most widely used type of bacterium, but yeast is also used. Researchers need the human protein that produces insulin.
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