DNA 2

In the last 10 years, there has been some scientific leaps concerning diabetes, and genetic engineering. The increasing incidence and diagnostic detection of diabetes worldwide coupled with changing trends in the food animal market stimulated people to seek alternative sources of insulin completely independent of an animal-gland source. (Ryan, 1986). The basic recombinant DNA process of formulating insulin was developed. DNA carries the genetic information that determines the fate of each cell. Recombinant DNA technology allows manipulation …

…the human gene that carries the instructions for making insulin. Cloning and other techniques of genetic engineering have had many positive results. Genetic engineering has helped increase the supply of medical products and lower their costs. It has resulted in new drugs being created. Another benefit of genetically engineered materials is their purity. This is important, since there have been cases in the past where medical products processed from animals or human donors carried disease.