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Genetically engineered bacteria have been used in the commercial production of

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Thyroxine
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Testosterone
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Human insulin
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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.
So the correct answer is "Human insulin".

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