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
- ABacterium
- BYeast
- CVirus
- 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.