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[edit] Human insulin
http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/07/20/0141220.shtml
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Frap (talk • contribs) .
- Quote: "The Globe and Mail reports that a Calgary biotech firm has developed a process to turn genetically modified safflower oil into human insulin in commercial quantities. The process reduces capital costs by 70% and product cost by 40%. 'SemBioSys says it can make more than one kilogram of human insulin per acre of safflower production. That amount could treat 2,500 diabetic patients for one year and, in turn, meet the world's total projected insulin demand in 2010 with less than 16,000 acres of safflower production.'"
- --Stephane Charette 18:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
