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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by dnautics on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:46PM (#27671530)
> decentralizing and downscaling production

I think you are severely underestimating what it takes to produce a protein drug like insulin. Getting the bug to make it is just the first step. Then next step is purifying it. Which takes SO much water, and salts, and specialized equipment (resins, columns, high-pressure apparatus). A decentralized insulin production scheme is going to be VERY ecologically destructive.

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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by AstralStorm on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:34AM (#27685601)
It's not that bad ecologically, but I'm not getting why these people are reinventing the wheel.

Buying out a patent and properly documenting it should be doable.

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