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[2024·合肥市第三次质量检测]BornonJuly1st,1948,inthesmallItaliancity

ofPalmi,RobertoCreawasageniuskid.HemovedtotheNetherlandsandmajored

inBiologicalChemistry.Itwasthisuniversitythatdirectedhisinterestinthe

synthesis(合成)ofnucleotides,thebasicunitsthatarerequiredtobuildDNA.

Atthattime,notmanyresearchersstudiedthecombinationofgenes(基因),but

Robertosstrongchemistrybackgroundmadeahistoricalinventionpossible.

In1977,hejoinedtheGenentech,Inc.andthegenesynthesisteamatCityof

HopeMedicalSchool.ThecompanyfundedDr.Creasongoingresearchongenesynthesis.

Afterworkingdayandnight,thebrilliantindividualfinallyinventedanew

procedurethatimprovedthechemicalsynthesisofgenes.Thankstohisrichknowledge

andthejointeffortsoftheexcellentGenentechteam,hemadeuseofthis_discovery

toproducethehumaninsulin(胰岛素)genes,AandB.Itwashisinventionthat

allowedGenentechtobelabeledasthefirstproducerofhumanprotein.This

benefitedhundredsofmillionsofpeoplesufferingfromdiabetes(糖尿病)allover

theworld.

TodayRobertoisknownasthefatherofsyntheticinsulinandhadalmostwon

theNobelPrize.Hiseffortsdidnotstopafterdiscoveringthesyntheticinsulin;

infact,hewasmorethandrivenandtriedtomakemorecontributionstothefield

ofbiotechnology.HisteamofexpertsdiscoveredZiconotideunderhisteachingsand

guidance.Accordingtoleadingscientistsandresearchers,thisdrugismore

powerfulandeffectivethanmorphine(吗啡),andthebestpartofthisisthatit

haszeroside­effects.

Dr.RobertoCreahasalonglistofcreditablediscoveriesandresearches

thathehasachievedin65yearsofhislife.Heisaninspirationformanyindividuals

whoaimtoaddvaluetohumanitywiththeh