Insulin is a protein. Like all proteins it is therefore made of amino acids. Because it is a protein insulin cannot be taken by mouth because it will be digested like other proteins. Insulin is a hormone made in your pancreas by the beta cells to lower your blood sugar after a meal. It is also used to help diabetics get their blood sugar under control. The normal range of blood sugar is between 80 and 120 mg/100 cm3. The insulin is obtained from a pig or other animals, or human insulin can be made by genetically-engineered bacteria.
For much more information about insulin see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin
For information about the medical uses of insulin see:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/diabetesinsulin.htm
http://www.endocrineweb.com/Diabetes/2insulin.html For more about the structure of the molecule see:
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/pancreas/insulin_struct.html
The peptide protein insulin regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates in the body, by causing cells in muscles and other organs to take in glucose (which is stored as glycogen). Without insulin, the level of glucose in the blood remains high, and this can be toxic (e.g. ketoacidosis). However, neurons in the nervous system require a constant supply of glucose because they store very little. The production by the pancreas of the correct level of insulin (originally called isletin) protects the body from high levels of glucose.
Specifically in the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas.
Insulin is made in the pancreas.
Insulin comes from various sources. The commercial insulin is produced from animals like cows and pigs. In the human body, insulin is produced in the pancreas.
Insulin controls the sugar in your body. Insulin can keep your sugar levels in check when you are a diabetic.
Rise in blood glucose level is the most stimulating factor for insulin release in human body. You have 80 mg to 140 mg of blood glucose level considered as 'normal' in human being.
Insulin is created by the Pancreas.
Human insulin is made with bacteria through recombinant DNA. It introduces a copy of human insulin DNA to a host cell, which then produces human insulin.
Insulin is made in the pancreas, not by blood cells. They have other jobs to do.
Well, the insulin a diabetic gets does not contain any bacteria. It is sterile. However, the insulin is made by bacteria, usually E. coli. Hope this helps! Some Stuff about the E.Coli Bacteria: • • The Bacteria E.coli used to produce insulin for those with diabetes • It's Inexpensive - compared with 1980 methods(extracting insulin from pigs etc.) • Large quantities of the modified bacteria are killed and insulin is extracted and purified. •The Bacteria E.coli used to produce insulin for those with diabetes
Yes Insulin is proteins or has protein parts in the molecules. Proteins are made up of amino acids.
They are type of proteins. They are made up of amino acids
The insulin that we engineer bacteria to make (E.colidoes not naturally make insulin) is identical to human insulin.
No . . . human insulin is made from pig insulin, quite often.
No. Insulin is a specific hormone made by beta cells in the pancreas.
Insulin is made by beta cells of pancrease.Glucogon is made by alpha cells of pancrease.
No it is made by their pancreas. Artifical insulin is made by recombinant DNA gene technology.
Insulin is made by the islet cells in the pancreas. These are the endocrine cells found in the pancreas.
yes...because regular insulin and Isophane Insulin(NPH) is a human-made form of insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced naturally by pancreas
No it is not a lipid. Insulin is made up of proteins. It cannot be injected orally.
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There are similarities in Keratin and Insulin, they are used differently. Insulin and Keratin are both made inside the human body and they are also both made synthetically. Insulin stays in liquid form while Keratin is a hardened form which an be has hard as finger nails or as soft as hair. Insulin in made synthetically and used for medical purposes where Keratin is made synthetically and used for beauty purposes.
Insulin is usually made in your body automatically; diabetes is when your body does not make enough insulin. So some people with diabetes have to take insulin to control their blood sugar.