Genetically engineered bacteria have been used in the commercial production of
A
Thyroxine
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B
Testosterone
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C
Human insulin
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D
Melatonin
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Solution
The correct option is C Human insulin
Human insulin is now produced by help genetically engineered bacteria with insulin producing genes from human inserted into a vector DNA and introduced in a host bacterium E.coli for insulin production.