NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
What is the difference between human insulin and insulin from animal source?
Options
- AHuman insulin does not cause allergy or other types of reactions.
- BInsulin from animal source contains C peptide.
- CHuman insulin is synthesised as a pro-hormone.
- DAnimal insulin is synthesised using rDNA techniques.
Correct answer
A. Human insulin does not cause allergy or other types of reactions.
Step-by-step solution
Management of adult-onset diabetes is possible by taking insulin at regular time intervals. What would a diabetic patient do if enough human- insulin was not available? If you discuss this, you would soon realise that one would have to isolate and use insulin from other animals. Would the insulin isolated from other animals be just as effective as that secreted by the human body itself and would it not elicit an immune response in the human body? Now, imagine if bacterium were available that could make human insuli