Q. Which of the following statements are false? I. Insulin for curing diabetes, used to be extracted from the pancreas of slaughtered pig and cattle II. Animal insulin is slighty different from the human insulin III. Animal insulin causes some undesirable side effects such as allergy IV. Bacteria cannot be made to synthesise insulin from its gene because of the presence of introns Choose the correct option
A) I, II and III
B) I, III and IV
C) II, III and IV
D) None of these
Explanation
Earlier, insulin was extracted from the pancreas of slaughtered cattle and pigs but some patients began developing allergies. Bacteria can not be made to synthesise insulin from its gene because of the presence of introns. Bacteria do not possess enzymes for removing intron mediated transcription
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