Phrases with «human insulin»

"Human insulin" refers to a type of medication used to treat diabetes. It is a synthetic form of the hormone insulin, which is naturally produced by the pancreas in humans. Human insulin helps regulate blood sugar levels in people with diabetes when their bodies do not produce enough insulin on their own. Full definition

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Sentences with «human insulin»

For instance, pig insulin varies from human insulin by just one amino acid, and was used for most of the 20th century to keep people with diabetes alive. (politics.co.uk)
To understand some of the techniques used in biotechnology, lets look at how bacteria have been modified to produce human insulin. (science.howstuffworks.com)
Insulin is a simple molecule but it does differ slightly between species (i.e., cat insulin is different from dog insulin, which is different from human insulin). (vin.com)
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Phrases with «human insulin»

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