Chemical structure of a human insulin molecule. Insulin is a peptide hormone used to treat type 1 diabetes

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A realistic rendering of the molecule using molecular visualization tools and structure obtained by either x-ray or NMR. Atoms are represented as spheres with conventional color coding: hydrogen (white), carbon (grey), oxygen (red), nitrogen (blue), chlorine (green), ...

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