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Insulin in man is normally produced by t...

Insulin in man is normally produced by the `beta` cells of the pancreas. But now a days it is commercially produced from bacteria like E.coli and marketed as 'humulin'.
b) Insulin is not taken from pancreas of slaughtered animals. Why?

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