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ZoologyBiotechnology and Its ApplicationsApplications in MedicineEasy2 minPYQ_2025
ZoologyEasysingle choice

Which of the following genetically engineered organisms was used by Eli Lilly to prepare human insulin?NEET 2025

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Answer:
A
Solution:

The correct answer is bacterium. In 1983, Eli Lilly, an American company, prepared two DNA sequences corresponding to ' A ' and ' B ' chains of human insulin and introduced them in plasmids of E.coli (a gram negative bacterium) to produce insulin chains.

Stream:NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Biotechnology and Its ApplicationsSubtopic:Applications in Medicine
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