History of Insulin

By kellimeg
  • John Rolla

    John Rolla

    Successfully treated a person with diabetes using dietary restriction
  • Diabetic Symptom

    Diabetic Symptom

    Scientists were able to make a connection between diabetic peoples and their sweet smelling urine
  • Claude Bernard

    Claude Bernard

    Died this year. He discovered that liver stores glycogen, and made an incorrect hypothesis that the liver caused diabetes.
  • Van Mering

    Van Mering

    He disproved Bernard's theory and concluded that it is actually the pancreas that causes diabetes
  • test for diabetes by looking for sugar in urine

    test for diabetes by looking for sugar in urine

    treated with vigorous sponge bath, sugar of lead to restrict urine flow, dose of creosote, drink little,a dn avoid sugar
  • Fredrick Banting

    Fredrick Banting

    This Candian scientist discovered insulin
  • Insulin Treatment

    Insulin Treatment

    The first insulin treatment was administered to a 14 year old boy
  • JB Collip

    JB Collip

    JB Collip developed purified injections of insulin
  • Eli Lilly

    Eli Lilly

    Insulin began to be produced commercially to make up the the shortage that was experienced
  • JJ Abel crystallized insulin

    JJ Abel crystallized insulin

  • Protaminexinc insulin was introduced as a longer lasting treatment

    Protaminexinc insulin was introduced as a longer lasting treatment

  • Test with eye exam( looking for clouds in retinal arteries), weaker pulse, urinalysis

    Test with eye exam( looking for clouds in retinal arteries), weaker pulse, urinalysis

    treat with a special restrictive diet and insulin injections
  • Lente insulin was introduce as another longer lasting insuli

    Lente insulin was introduce as another longer lasting insuli

  • Freckick Sanger got the Nobel Prize for discovering 2 chains of 51 amino acids linked by disulfide bridges

    Freckick Sanger got the Nobel Prize for discovering 2 chains of 51 amino acids linked by disulfide bridges

  • Technique of immunoassay in scientific investigation by Solomon Berson and Rosalind Yalow

    Technique of immunoassay in scientific investigation by Solomon Berson and Rosalind Yalow

  • Dorothy Hodgin discovered 3D structure of insulin molecule

    Dorothy Hodgin discovered 3D structure of insulin molecule

  • Diabetes treated with insulin and fluid injects, monitering glucose, potassium, and electrolyte levels in body

    Diabetes treated with insulin and fluid injects, monitering glucose, potassium, and electrolyte levels in body

    diagnosed using an urinalysis and a blood test for glucose; look for high levels of glucose and ketones
  • Insulin is made by recombinant DNA technology and there is an unlimited amount of insulin for us

    Insulin is made by recombinant DNA technology and there is an unlimited amount of insulin for us

    Can be administered for different types of people by syringe, pens, pumps