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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. Due to Banting’s discovery of insulin, millions of people worldwide were able to extend their lives by decades.
Frederick Grant Banting was born on November 14, 1891 in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. In 1914, he twice attempted to enlist for service overseas, but was denied both times due to his poor eyesight.
about SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHIES. 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.
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Banting: A Biography. Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, 1984. Collip, J. B. "Recollections of Sir Frederick Banting" in Canadian Medical Association Journal, November 1942. Born on a farm near Alliston, Ontario on 14 November 1891, Frederick Grant Banting was the fourth and youngest son of William Thompson Banting and Margaret (Grant ...
Frederick Banting. Frederick Banting was the codeveloper of insulin and shared Canada's first Nobel Prize. (artwork by Irma Coucill) On the night of 31 October 1920, Dr. Frederick Banting, a young physician and surgeon in the city of London , Ontario, jotted down this idea for research about the pancreas: Diabetus.
Frederick Banting. Isolated, Purified Insulin. U.S. Patent No. 1,469,994. Inducted in 2004. Born Nov. 14, 1891 - Died Feb. 21, 1941. Millions of diabetics owe their lives to Frederick Banting's idea and research. Working with fellow Canadians Charles Best and James Collip, Banting determined that insulin was the key to treating diabetes.
