Thursday, February 23, 2012

5.14 Understand that large amounts of human insulin can be manufactured from genetically modified bacteria that are grown in a fermenter

·         Human DNA is insulin gene.
·         Culture of the bacteria is the large population will be injected into the ferment.
·         To control the temperature, pH and the nutrients. The bacteria manufacture the protein insulin.
·         Amino acid would be important.
·         The product is purification- downstream processing.

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