BIOLOGY Volume 2 - A Guide to General Biology - 2004

12. MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

12.11. Medical Products

12.11.3. Insulin and Human Growth Hormone

Currently, both of these products can be obtained from Bacteria modified using Introduction/32.html">Genetic Engineering techniques. Although genetic engineering can be considered a branch of biotechnology, we will discuss its aspects in Chapter 25 along with other applied topics in genetics. The PRODUCTION OF Insulin and Growth Hormone is also described there.

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