44. How can bacteria produce
human insulin on an industrial
scale? What are the other
forms of insulin made
available by the
pharmaceutical industry?

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Bacteria do not naturally
insulin. It is possible to implant
human genetic containing the
insulin gene the bacterial DNA. The
bacteria then multiply and
human insulin. The insulin
isolated and purified for
commercialization.This biotechnology is
known the recombinant DNA
technology.

human insulin the
pharmaceutical also produces
insulin to used by humans made
the pancreas of pigs cows.