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Insulin for diabetics was once extracted from pig pancreases — now recombinant E. coli produces human insulin in vats (Humulin, 1982 — the first biotech drug). Biogas plants across rural India turn cow dung into cooking fuel via methanogens. And Bt cotton — India's dominant cotton — carries a Bacillus thuringiensis gene making its own pesticide, cutting chemical sprays.