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  • 16282488824182815124517460240762178583PublicAssets/2565To splice a human gene (in this case, the one for insulin) into a plasmid, scientists take the plasmid out of an E. coli bacterium, cut the plasmid with a restriction enzyme, and splice in insulin-making human DNA. The resulting hybrid plasmid can be inserted into another E. coli bacterium, where it multiplies along with the bacterium. There, it can produce large quantities of insulin. See image <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=2564">2564</a> for an unlabeled version of this illustration. Featured in <a href="https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/Booklets/the-new-genetics/Pages/Home.aspx"><em>The New Genetics</em></a>.Crabtree + CompanyNational Institute of General Medical SciencesIllustration

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    To splice a human gene (in this case, the one for insulin) into a plasmid, scientists take the plasmid out of an E. coli bacterium, cut the plasmid with a restriction enzyme, and splice in insulin-making human DNA. The resulting hybrid plasmid can be inserted into another E. coli bacterium, where it multiplies along with the bacterium. There, it can produce large quantities of insulin. See image 2564 for an unlabeled version of this illustration. Featured in The New Genetics.

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