Question

Advances in biotechnology have made it possible for scientists to synthesize human insulin.

Answer 1

Answer: a. True

Explanation:

Artificial human insulin is the advancement of the field of biotechnology. It is the product of recombinant DNA technology. The insulin is a hormone which is secreted by the pancreas to maintain the levels of sugar in the blood. But in some people the secretion of insulin can be found to be low or no insulin is produced at all these are affected by the condition called as diabetes. Thus artificial or synthetic insulin was invented to regulate the blood sugar levels. The artificial insulin is produced in the microbes like yeast and bacteria. The human gene encoding for the production of insulin is inserted into the microbial genome which produces the insulin in the microbial structure.

Answer 2

Answer: True

Explanation:

It is the advancement of the biotechnology that the scientist have made it possible for the scientists to synthesize human insulin.

The fragment of gene responsible for the insulin production is incorporated in the bacterial DNA.

The bacterial DNA replicates and the insulin producing DNA fragment of the human beings also gets replicated with the bacterial DNA.

Hence, this is how the insulin production of human beings takes place by the help of biotechnology.