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Elliott P. Joslin was the first to use insulin as a treatment for diabetes.
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John Rollo treated a patient with diabetes byrestricting their diet.
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In the early 1800s, Claude Bernard discovered that the liver stores glycagon and secreted a sugary substance into the blood.
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Claude Bernard's liver theory is proven wrong by Von Mering
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Fredrick Banting of Canada discovered insulin
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The first dose of insulin was given to a human (failed).
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The first purified injections were given by Collip
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Insulin is produced commercially and used to treat diabetes in most western countries.
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JJ Abel crystallized insulin for use.
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Longer acting, protamine zinc insulin is invented.
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Lente insulin is introduced.
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Fredrick Sanger won a Nobel Prize for discovering the composition of insulin.
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Soloman Berson and Rosalind Yalow improved the investigation of diabetes through the technique of immonoassay.
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This is when insulin was first chemically synthesized.
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Dorothy Hodgin discovered the 3-D structure of insulin.
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FDA approved a modified human insulin (humalog).
