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Sir Frederick Grant Banting KBE MC FRS FRSC FRCS FRCP (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon. For his co-discovery of insulin and its therapeutic potential, Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John Macleod .
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923 was awarded jointly to Frederick Grant Banting and John James Rickard Macleod "for the discovery of insulin"
Sir Frederick Grant Banting was a Canadian physician who, with Charles H. Best, was one of the first to extract (1921) the hormone insulin from the pancreas. Injections of insulin proved to be the first effective treatment for diabetes, a disease in which glucose accumulates in abnormally high.
Sep 19, 2012 · Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, FRS, FRSC, co-discoverer of insulin, medical scientist, painter (born 14 November 1891 in Alliston, ON ; died 21 February 1941 near Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland ). Banting is best known as one of the scientists who discovered insulin in 1922.
Frederick Grant Banting. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923. Born: 14 November 1891, Alliston, Canada. Died: 21 February 1941, Newfoundland, Canada. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of insulin”. Prize share: 1/2.
Sir Frederick Banting, a physician and scientist, was the co-discoverer of insulin, a hormone of critical importance in regulating blood sugar levels. When insulin action is deficient, one develops diabetes mellitus.
In the early 1920s Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin under the directorship of John Macleod at the University of Toronto. With the help of James Collip, insulin was purified, making it available for the successful treatment of diabetes.
