By 1978 Herbert Boyer's biotechnology startup Genentech had contracted with Riggs and Itakura and Boyer and Itakura created a plasmid coded for human insulin.
By 1978 Herbert Boyer's biotechnology startup Genentech had contracted with Riggs and Itakura to support research into gene synthesis and expression. In 1978 Boyer and Itakura created a plasmid coded for human insulin.