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Prepare a slide presentation including the stages of production of insulin through genetic engineering.

Insulin production through genetic engineering was a great discovery for the medical science because there are many people who suffer from diabetes and this discovery had given lives to many people.

In this, a presentation can be prepared by providing emphasis on how genetic engineering had lead to the artificial production of insulin. In this, you can provide a description of each step involved in the insulin production by telling its importance in insulin production. But before all this, you need to describe the basic structure of insulin as it was a great challenge to produce genetically engineered insulin due to its structure.


Following are the steps of Insulin production:


Human insulin consists of two chains namely A and B, first of all, their DNA sequence must be known.


Then, this DNA sequences need to be inserted in plasmids of E.coli which will lead to the production of these chains.


Then, these chains are extracted and are artificially combined to produce functional insulin.


By giving a description of above steps and structure of insulin a presentation can be prepared for the production of genetically engineered insulin.


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