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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by hanniabu on Thursday January 02, 2020 @05:08PM (#21940462)
Interesting, I always thought it was a drug produced in a lab from other chemicals.
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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by khuey on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:11PM (#21940981)
Insulin is an enormous and complex molecule. Biological syntheses (originally from animals, now from GMO bacteria) are preferred.
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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by lightedman on Thursday January 02, 2020 @05:20PM (#21940588)
It used to be horse-derived humulin.
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