Today most insulin is derived from beef or pork pancreas
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
F: Almost all insulin today is recombinant human insulin, which is made by chemically (genetically) changing pork insulin through recombinant DNA technology. Because of the pharmacologic limitations of the human insulin formulations, various insulin analogs have been developed. In 1996, the first insulin analog was developed.
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