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Explain the extraction of insulin .

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(i) Earlier, insulin was being collected from the pancreas of horses.
(ii) Nowadays, due to biotechnology, insulin is prepared with the help of bacteria .
(iii) For the purpose, human insulin gene has been inserted into the genome of bacteria .
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