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Question
What is genetically engineered Insulin?
Solution
The insulin synthesized by recombinant DNA technology is called genetically engineered Insulin. It was the first-ever pharmaceutical product of DNA technology. In 1986, human insulin was marked under the trade name Humulin.
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