How is artifical insulin (for people with diabetes) produced?!
Question: Insulin is created in a special non-disease-producing laboratory strain of E. coli bacteria (not the same type that causes diarrhea and kidney problems that you may be familiar with) that has been genetically altered by the addition of the gene for human insulin production. The bacteria produces the insulin which is then chemically harvested from the medium in which the bacteria is grown, purified and prepared for human use.
(edit: my deskmate in school was diabetic, and he used pig insulin for a while, but thats not artificial)
Answers: Insulin is created in a special non-disease-producing laboratory strain of E. coli bacteria (not the same type that causes diarrhea and kidney problems that you may be familiar with) that has been genetically altered by the addition of the gene for human insulin production. The bacteria produces the insulin which is then chemically harvested from the medium in which the bacteria is grown, purified and prepared for human use.
(edit: my deskmate in school was diabetic, and he used pig insulin for a while, but thats not artificial)