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Nov 18, 2020 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
Before 1921, for people with diabetes, the prospects were grim. Listen and see what it was like for patients who received insulin and had their lives saved. A thread. 👇
bit.ly/3lKWIPI #insulin100 1/17 Inspiration for insulin struck Dr. Frederick Banting in the middle of the night in Oct 1920 after he’d prepared a lecture on the pancreas – the organ responsible for producing the hormone. Almost 100yrs has passed since the discovery of insulin at @UofT 2/17