Problem:
When producing insulin, the gene for its production is inserted into the plasmid of a bacterium that is allowed to replicate freely.
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Question 1: Why can't the same thing be done with antibodies (as I understand it, currently cancer cells are fused with mammalian cells that produce these antibodies, and now the tumor is allowed to replicate, much like the bacterium, making more antibodies)?
Question 2: What is different about these two proteins that means fairly distinct processes of production are required for each? Explain in detail.