Question

Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.

• Human insulin is now made with a biotechnology called [genetic
engineering/selective breeding].

• After scientists [copy/remove] the gene for insulin from a human cell, the gene is inserted into the DNA of [a bacterial/another human] cell.

•After the combined DNA is placed inside a [bacterial/human] cell, it becomes a [bioreactor/transgenic] organism that makes human insulin.

Answer 1

Human insulin is now made with a biotechnology called [genetic engineering/selective breeding]. (Genetic engineering)

• After scientists [copy/remove] the gene for insulin from a human cell, the gene is inserted into the DNA of [a bacterial/another human] cell. (Copy, a bacterial)

• After the combined DNA is placed inside a [bacterial/human] cell, it becomes a [bioreactor/transgenic] organism that makes human insulin. (bacterial, bioreactor)