Biologists & Medicine · Medicine
Banting & Insulin
Toronto 1921–22: Banting and Best's dog experiments, Collip's purification, Leonard Thompson's first injection, the bitter 1923 Nobel, the $1 patent and today's insulin price fights.
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Prereqs: Cells; Hormones. Next: Katalin Karikó & mRNA. Sources: Michael Bliss, *The Discovery of Insulin* (1982; 25th anniv. ed. 2007); Nobel Prize archives (1923).Next: 1. Discovery