Question

In the laboratory, scientists remove the gene for insulin from human chromosomes. They insert the gene into the DNA of bacteria. This causes the bacteria

to produce human insulin. The insulin is used to treat diabetes in humans. Which of these describe this process?
A. Recombinant DNA
B. Reproductive Cloning
C. Gene Therapy
D. DNA Fingerprinting

Answer 1

A. Recombinant DNA

Recombinant DNA is created by a process called genetic recombination. In this process, we insert a exogenous gene to let another organism, a bacteria in this case, produce a protein that can not be produced otherwise