Health & Environment
Frederick G. Banting and John J.R. Macleod’s Nobel-Winning Discovery of Insulin
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THE BRIEF
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Physicians Frederick G. Banting and John J.R. Macleod received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering insulin.
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Their research at the University of Toronto demonstrated that pancreatic extracts could lower blood sugar levels in diabetic animals and humans.
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In January 1922, purified insulin was successfully administered to 14-year-old Leonard Thompson, transforming the treatment and management of diabetes.