The first genetically engineered product approved for human medical use was
Correct answer: D. human insulin produced by bacteria
- A. Bt cotton
- B. Golden Rice
- C. Dolly the sheep
- D. human insulin produced by bacteria
Explanation
Approved in the early 1980s, bacterial human insulin transformed diabetes care and opened the era of biopharmaceuticals. Crops and cloned animals came later and are not medicines.
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