Sentences with phrase «modified human insulin»

Studying the structure of the cone snail insulin could help researchers modify human insulin to lose its self - aggregation but retain its potency, Safavi says.

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By the late 1970s Boyer's company, Genentech, was churning out insulin for diabetics using Escherichia coli modified to contain a synthetic human gene.

To understand some of the techniques used in biotechnology, lets look at how bacteria have been modified to produce human insulin.