Posted on 07/27/2017 12:07:48 PM PDT by Phlap
July 27, 1921 - Medicine - Frederick Banting first isolates insulin from the pancreatic duct of a dog; assisted by colleagues J. J. R. Macleod, Charles Best, and Bertram Collip at the University of Toronto; on January 11, 1922, they will administer insulin to 14 year old Leonard Thompson, and prove it an effective lifesaving treatment for diabetes in humans; in 1923, Banting and Macleod will be the First Canadians to win a Nobel Prize (they will share the award with Best and Collip); Banting does not patent the process, but assigns the rights to the University of Toronto, who will manufacture it through Connaught Laboratories. Toronto, Ontario
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Thank the Lord for Frank Banting. I’m dining tonight with my most precious 18 year old son because of his efforts.
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