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Why is the functional insulin produced, considered better than the ones used earlier by diabetic patients?

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Insulin prepared by rDNA technology does not produce sensitive allergic reactions and complications to the foreign protein which occurred in the case of earlier extracted insulin from the pancreas of slaughtered cattle or pigs. Thus, it is considered better than the earlier used insulin.
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