BIOLOGY,AP EDITION
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781264326600
Author: Mader
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 40.3, Problem 1NS.2QC
What are some advantages, and potential disadvantages, of producing a medicine destined to be injected into humans (such as insulin) in bacterium such as E. coli?
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