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NEET 2025
Exam
NEET
Year
2025
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Biotechnology and Its Applications

NEET 2025 · Zoology · Biotechnology and Its Applications

Which of the following genetically engineered organisms was used by...

Which of the following genetically engineered organisms was used by Eli Lilly to prepare human insulin?

Options

  1. ABacterium
  2. BYeast
  3. CVirus
  4. DPhage

Correct answer

A. Bacterium

Step-by-step solution

The correct answer is bacterium. In 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 (a gram negative bacterium) to produce insulin chains.
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