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People who do not produce the necessary amount of insulin have diabetes. ... In 
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the 1980's, diabetics have used insulin produced from bacteria and yeast that 
have been genetically engineered with a human insulin gene. [DOC] [TLE] Cell factories for insulin

Question: Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria
Answer: insulin