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Open insulin 28032017
- 3. Context
• 400+ million people with diabetes
• Big demand in poorer communities
• Expensive
• No generic insulin
- 12. Progress
• Two genetic constructs
• Good growth in bacteria (E. coli)
• Expression of proinsulin,
fluorescent marker
- 13. To do
• Turn into human insulin (digest)
• Purify and validate with HPLC
• Followup?
– Legal
– Safety
– Scaling up