New pathway to cheap insulin

ScienceDaily (2010-06-01) -- Researchers have now developed a new method to cheaply produce insulin for the treatment of diabetes.

發現降低胰島素價格的方法:


They found the yeast Pichia pastoris and modified the cells so that they produce the building block for insulin while growing on a special medium.


diabetes /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ 糖尿病；多尿症


Journal Reference:
Gurramkonda et al. Application of simple fed-batch technique to high-level secretory production of insulin precursor using Pichia pastoris with subsequent purification and conversion to human insulin. Microbial Cell Factories, 2010; 9 (1): 31 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-31