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प्रश्न
Explain how recombinant human insulin was prepared in 1983 by Eli Lily an American company.
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उत्तर
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 to produce insulin chains. Chains A and B were produced separately, extracted and combined by creating disulfide bonds to form human insulin.

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