Definition of Recombinant human insulin

1. Noun. A form of insulin (trade name Humulin) made from recombinant DNA that is identical to human insulin; used to treat diabetics who are allergic to preparations made from beef or pork insulin.

Exact synonyms: Humulin
Generic synonyms: Insulin
Language type: Trade Name

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recombinant Human Insulin

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recombinant DNA
recombinant DNA molecules
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Literary usage of Recombinant human insulin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reaping the Benefits of Genomic and Proteomic Research: Intellectual by Stephen A. Merrill, Anne-Marie Mazza (2006)
"This discovery was licensed to Eli Lilly, the largest US producer of insulin, and in 1982 recombinant human insulin was the first recombinant drug to gain ..."

2. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I TN= Recombinant human interleukin-12 TN= Treatment of post-poliomyelitis syndrome. ..."

3. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1998)
"Reflecting on the experience we had in the United Kingdom, when we had the first application for recombinant human insulin, in 1980-81, it was a situation ..."

4. Biotechnology in a Global Economy by DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"BIOTECHNOLOGY-DERIVED DRUGS In 1982, the First biotechnology-based drug, recombinant human insulin, was approved in the United States by FDA. ..."

5. To America's Health: A Proposal to Reform the Food and Drug Administration by Henry I. Miller (2000)
"In the early 1980s, when I headed the team at the FDA that was reviewing the NDA for recombinant human insulin, the first drug made with gene-splicing ..."

6. Biotechnology in a Global Economy by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1991)
"BIOTECHNOLOGY-DERIVED DRUGS In 1982, the first biotechnology-based drug, recombinant human insulin, was approved in the United States by FDA. ..."

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