Question:

First hormone prepared by genetic engineering is:

Updated On: Aug 15, 2022
  • oxytocin
  • somatotropin
  • adrenaline
  • insulin
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Insulin was the first hormone prepared by genetic engineering within the E. coli bacterium. Insulin is made up of two $20$ and $30$ chains of amino acid residues. Two different E. coli bacterial cultures were used to produce each of the insulin chain, these were then recovered from the bacteria and separated by $ \beta - $ galactosidase and finally, chemically joined to make human insulin.
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Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a vast field of biology that involves the creation, production, and modification of useful products for human welfare using both the technology and the execution of living organisms and their components. An agricultural engineer, Karoly Ereky, coined the word "biotechnology" in 1919, achieving him the title of "Father of Biotechnology."

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