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Insulin Production in E. coli

E. coli is a microscopic bug that naturally exists in our intestines and helps to digest the food we eat. It breaks down our meals so that some nutrients can be used by the body. However, did you know that E. coli can be used to produce one of the most crucial compound insulin too?

Insulin is a unique substance that directly regulates human blood sugar levels. And that is essential for our health. Diabetes - a disease in which people do not make or can't properly use insulin. Due to this, they require insulin inhalations as a support of their sugar level stable and normal. Previously, insulin would be made from animals - for example pigs or cows - but scientists then learned that they could also produce it using E.ubectl bacteria.

2) From genetic engineering to insulin synthesis

By comparison, scientists know how to stick a specific human gene that belongs in our DNA and tells the body to make insulin into an E. coli bacteria cell It is the process of genetic engineering. Once the human gene is then successfully put into an E. coli, it starts to produce insulin as a person does in their own body. Scientists then remove the insulin from E. coli(being very careful to clean it up so that the insulin is safe to use as human medicine for those with diabetes).

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