Sugar, Dogs, Cows, and Insulin—The Story of How Diabetes Stopped Being Deadly
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Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was a life-threatening and untreatable illness. It caused by very high blood sugar levels many children died from it. In 1922, two scientists, Frederick Banting Charles Best, treated boy suffering with special extracts cow’s pancreas. The pancreas is an organ found near stomach. treatment lowered boy’s to normal due chemical substance This later named insulin. this article you will read about You see that final insulin built on work scientists before Best. great story showing how skills determination different people together led ground-breaking discovery. 1978, human made artificially bacteria today it continues save millions lives.
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers for Young Minds
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2296-6846']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2021.585489