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Researchers developed a chemical that detects sugar in urine
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This is the first linking of glycogen to diabetes and metabolism a doctor discovered that glycogen is secreted liver and believed it was the same sugar exhibited in the urine of diabetics.
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german medical student by the name of Langerhans discovers that there are specialized cells in the pancreas that produce the hormone insulin
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discovered that animals that had their pancreas removed would get diabetes
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The Benedict's solution is invented and leads to a new more efficient way to test for sugar in the urine which leads to easier diagnosis
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Insulin is "discovered" when a Romanian scientist published a paper on how he was able to isolate pancreatic insulin. This lead to tests on animals, Doctors gave the first insulin shots to a dog that no longer had a pancreas, the dog's diabetes was controlled
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A young boy with diabetes was injected with insulin and was able to control his diabetes which led to it being mass produced in North America
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a uniform insulin syringe is invented which led to more sustainable management of diabetes
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the first strips for testing blood glucose level are used
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The 1970's are when the very first blood glucose meter is introduced
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The first testing of recombinant DNA insulin is shared amongst the people which allowed the manufacturing of genetically engineered human type insulin.
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the first biosynthetic human insulin is introduced to the public
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the introduction of insulin pen delivery systems
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External insulin pumps are also made more available to people, decreasing the need to inject themselves constantly with insulin