Scarpello J H
Diabetes Care. 1982 Nov-Dec;5 Suppl 2:180. doi: 10.2337/diacare.5.2.s180.
A patient with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is described. He refused treatment with conventional (animal-derived) insulin since it would have compromised his principles as a vegetarian. Therapy was successfully instituted with human insulin (recombinant DNA).
描述了一名胰岛素依赖型糖尿病患者。他拒绝使用传统的(动物源性)胰岛素进行治疗,因为这会违背他作为素食者的原则。使用人胰岛素(重组DNA)成功开展了治疗。