The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is:

The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is:
  1. Insulin
  2. Estrogen
  3. Thyroxin
  4. Progesterone

Solution

The first hormone to be genetically engineered is insulin and is commercially available as the brand name humulin. Eli Lilly is the American company for the first time that produced this recombinant insulin in E. coli.

Asked in: NEET 2014

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