How a Coin Toss Led to the Discovery of Insulin

Save
4 years ago
42

How Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered the life-saving diabetes drug. Check out my V2 UPLIFT standing desk featured in the video: http://bit.ly/Newsthink

Newsthink provides insight into the people and events that shape our world.

Created and hosted by Cindy Pom
https://twitter.com/cindypom

Have a story idea? â–º https://www.newsthink.ca/contact

Connect with Newsthink
TikTok â–º https://www.tiktok.com/@newsthink
Twitter â–º https://twitter.com/newsthink
Facebook â–º https://facebook.com/newsthink

Newsthink Patrons: Ronil Patel, Chesky Neceski, Austin Grant, Darren Tyrell-Knights, Tom Eng, Tim Desir, Ryan Bresser, Justin Anderson, Neo Ge, Steven Bartlett, Will Lathrop
Support Newsthink on Patreon â–º https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink

Much of the material courtesy of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/

Correction: 5:46 is from Sanofi Pasteur Limited (formerly Connaught), not the U of T.

Sources:
0:18 Banting House image: oaktree_brian_1976 from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:21 Frederick Banting image: New Tecumseth Public Library https://ntpl.ca/local-history/banting-digital/
0:26 Dr. Frederick Banting image: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images. CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
0:56 Body image: Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 2002-4436., CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:37 U.S. patent from Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

Loading comments...