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Name the source from which insulin was extracted earlier. Why is this insulin no more is use by diabetic people?

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Insulin used for diabetes was earlier extracted from pancreas of slaughtered cattle and pigs. Insulin from an animal source, though caused some patients to develop allergy or other types of reactions to the foreign protein. Hence, it is no more used by diabetic people as source of insulin.

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