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Daniel Gil begins his article on the "race" for human insulin (Crimson, Nov. 14) with the statement that "This work, if successful, would provide an almost unlimited source of natural human insulin for diabetics at a low price, a very tangible medical benefit which would go far towards convincing the public of the benefits of recombinant DNA research...
...that the currently available, highly purified preparations of pig and beef insulin are satisfactory so that there is no medical need for human insulin...
...They have managed to (produce human insulin), but it is inefficient," Gilbert said of the recent announcement. He said that the California artificial gene method was only applicable for a small gene such as insulin...
...point of this work," Gilbert said, "is to make large amounts of proteins and to use insulin as a model system for proteins of any size." He added, "We're not limited by the size of the proteins...
...Gilbert says that there is something less than total cooperation between the groups attacking the insulin problem. While techniques are traded freely and he has communicated quite a bit with the artificial DNA group, he has been out of touch with the other California group which is employing an approach like...