Biology 107 for Texas A&M University
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259826504
Author: Sylvia Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 40, Problem 1NS.2QC
What are some advantages, and potential disadvantages, of producing a medicine destined to be injected into humans (such as insulin) in bacterium such as E. coli?
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