Inevitably, egos and ambitions collided as each sought credit for the momentsous discovery. As their work progress and its implications were understood, others were drawn into the drama: eminent physicians, a gifted chemist, the head of a great pharmaceuitcal concern. John Macleod, a renowned expert on diabetes. Those lines would make medical history.īanting found his way to the University of Tornto, where he collaborated with Charles Best, a researcher, and Dr. He woke before dawn and scribbled two sentences in his note book. One evening he fell asleep while reading an article about diabetes. Frederick Banting, a rough-hewn and mercurial young doctor, was barely surviving as a part-time teacher in London, Ontario. Researchers were close to understanding its cause, but the cure eluded them. Info: (taken from inside flap) In the early 1920s, a diagnosis of juvenile diabetes was a death sentence. Title: Breakthrough: Banting, Best, and the Race to Save Millions of Diabetics
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