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Insulin Derived from Animals Was Used to Treat Diabetes Cases

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Insulin derived from animals was used to treat diabetes cases until genetic modification techniques arose in the late 1970s.Which of the following was a drawback of nonhuman insulin?


A) Impurities in the insulin led to allergic reactions in some human patients
B) Animal-derived insulin carried other diseases
C) Animal insulin was expensive to obtain
D) Small chemical differences between animal and human insulin led to allergic reactions in some human patients

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