I can cross "tour an insulin manufacturing facility" off my bucket list. It was absolutely mind-blowing. There is a lot of science involved, much of which I am not quite bright enough to understand. But the basic idea is that they start with some E. coli bacteria that is modified to produce insulin as it grows, then it is harvested, the insulin is stripped out, purified, … [Read more...] about Lilly Diabetes – Making Insulin