Why Can a Person Who Is Unable to Produce Insulin,be

question 20

Multiple Choice

Why can a person who is unable to produce insulin,be successfully treated with insulin derived from genetically modified bacteria?

• A)Typical bacterial insulin is exactly the same as human insulin.
• B)The gene that produces insulin in humans was inserted into the bacteria where it continues to produce human insulin.
• C)The insulin-producing gene of bacteria was altered to have the same base sequence as the human counterpart and now produces the human version of insulin.
• D)Human insulin was inserted into bacteria and when the bacteria reproduce,so too does the insulin.

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Definitions:

Stroke

A medical condition occurring when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced, leading to brain damage and loss of function.

Stem Cells

Undifferentiated biological cells that can differentiate into specialized cells and can divide to produce more stem cells.

Differentiating

The process of becoming different in the course of development or making distinctions between entities or conditions.

Neurons

Nerve cells that transmit information through electrical and chemical signals in the body’s nervous system.