Question

One important achievement of genetic engineering has been the production of

• A. Interferon
• B. Human insulin
• C. Cephalosporin
• D. Vinoblastine

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Human insulin

Genetic engineering, also called as genetic modification, is the direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology. Human insulin is the name which describes synthetic insulin which is laboratory grown to mimic the insulin in humans. Human insulin is laboratory created by growing insulin proteins within E. coli bacteria (Escherichia coli). In the production of human insulin by bacteria, the human insulin gene is incorporated into the genetic material of these microorganisms. The mutant bacteria multiply forming lineages of insulin-producing bacteria.