Fredrik Eriksson wrote:

> As far as I know, the chemicals involved can not (yet?) be synthesized; 
> they are produced by biological means.

As far as I know, they cannot yet produce insulin by synthesis; it must 
be produced biologically. Doesn't stop millions of diabetics shooting up 
with the stuff every day. :-)

(Although presumably it *does* make it significantly more expensive than 
if it could by synthesized by a machine...)

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