Insulin Research Papers

Insulin Canadian physician Frederick Banting and medical student Charles H. Best discovered the hormone insulin in pancreatic extracts of dogs. On July 30, 1921, they injected insulin into a diabetic dog and found that it effectively lowered the dog's blood sugar levels to normal. Diabetes used to be a terminal disease. People had to go on a diet, but there was nothing that could be done to combat the disease. Discovering Insulin changed the lives of many people that had diabetes. Leonard Thompson was the first patient to receive insulin injections, in January 1922. At age 14 Thompson Diabetes got worse, he was close to slipping into a diabetic coma and would soon die. His father let the hospital try Banting and best’s pancreatic extract for the first time. A few days later Thompson blood sugar returned to normal and his diabetic symptoms began to disappear.

Diabetes is a serious disease that people need to take seriously. Thanks to insulin people are getting better and living their everyday routine.

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