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John Rollo treated teh first patient using dietary restriction.
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Researchers develop the first chemical tests to indicate and measure the presense of sugar in urine.
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Bernard discovers that glycogen is formed by the liver.
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Boucharadat notices the disappearance of sugar in the urine of diabetics.
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Minkowski and Von Mering remove the pancreas from a dog to determine the effect on disgetion in order to discover that diabetes develops.
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Fredrick discovered insulin.
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A 14-year-old boy became the first human to recieve insulin.
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Collip develops purified injections.
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Insulin began being produced commercially and was used to treat diabetes.
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J.J. Abel first crystalized insulin.
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Protamine zinc insulin was first intorduced.
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Lente insulins were first introduced.
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The investigation of diabetes was improved by the technique of immunoassay by Solomon Berson and Rosalind Yalow.
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Scientists are working to create a "bionic pacnreas." Their goal is to have a single device that detects blood glucose levels and regulates blood sugar.
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Scientists are working on creating artificial beta cells that secret insulin in response to glucose.
