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Why might it be helpful in medicine to know the gene for insulin?
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∙ 12y ago
If there is a fault in the liver or pancreas, it is important to know the structure of the insulin being produced by the pancreas, in order to see if the body is creating incorrect gene codings (which could lead to cancer!)
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How micro-organisms are useful for us?
The insulin gene will be extracted from cells from an animal such as a pig, and placed into the loop of DNA in a microorganism. When the microorganism reproduces, the DNA gene will reproduce with it, and this is repeated again and again and the micro-organsms will produce insulin. Whe a sufficient amount of microorganisms have been grown, the insulin will be extracted and used in medicine
What is One difference between the gene that codes for insulin and the gene that codes for testosterone in humans?
The gene of insulin has a different sequence of molecular bases than the gene of testosterone.
What microorganism produce the human protein that insulin dependent diabetics rely upon to uptake glucose from their bloodstream?
The insulin gene will be extracted from cells from an animal such as a pig, and placed into the loop of DNA in a microorganism. When the microorganism reproduces, the DNA gene will reproduce with it, and this is repeated again and again and the micro-organsms will produce insulin. Whe a sufficient amount of microorganisms have been grown, the insulin will be extracted and used in medicine
Do skin cells copy and translate an insulin gene into insulin protein?
Insulin is not produced by skin cells.
Why dont skin cells make insulin?
because the gene to make insulin isn't expressed
How can a large volume of protein e.g. insulin be produced from a single bacterium?
The gene for insulin can be inserted into the bacterial chromosome. The bacteria is then left to multiply normally, which thus produces many copies of the gene and lots of insulin. This is how they produce the insulin used by people who have diabetes.
What hormone alters gene expression in mitochondria?
insulin
E coli makes insulin because?
the insulin gene was inserted into it. E. coli doesn't naturally produce insulin. It needs to be engineered to do so.
How is bacteria used to make insulin?
Human plasmids introduced into the bacteria stimulate insulin production. A special enzyme is used to cut out the insulin gene from a human cell. It is attached to a bacterial chromosome which is also split open by an enzyme. The gene is then transferred into a bacterial cell. The gene makes the bacterial cell produce insulin.
Is cow or pig insulin made from their urine?
No it is made by their pancreas. Artifical insulin is made by recombinant DNA gene technology.
Which drug is manufactured as a result of indirect gene therapy?
Human insulin
Is a corrected human hemophilia gene industry medicine or agriculture?
medicine
