NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
Read the following statements and choose the correct option: 1. The recombinant therapeutics do not induce unwanted immunological responses as is common in case of similar products isolated from non-human sources. 2. At present, about 30 recombinant therapeutics have been approved for human-use the world over. 3. Insulin used for diabetes was earlier extracted from liver of slaughtered cattle and pigs. 4. Insulin fro
Options
- AOnly 4 is correct
- BBoth 1 and 3 are incorrect
- CAll are incorrect
- DOnly 3 is incorrect
Correct answer
D. Only 3 is incorrect
Step-by-step solution
The recombinant therapeutics do not induce unwanted immunological responses as is common in case of similar products isolated from non-human sources. At present, about 30 recombinant therapeutics have been approved for human-use the world over. Insulin used for diabetes was earlier extracted from pancreas of slaughtered cattle and pigs. Insulin from an animal source, though caused some patients to develop allergy or other types of reactions to the foreign protein. Insulin consists of two short polypeptide chains: c