100 Years of Insulin in Australia
Abstract: In 1921, Frederick Banting and his colleagues in Toronto, Canada, first used insulin for managing type 1 diabetes. Insulin transformed the disease from a death sentence to a chronic condition requiring life-long management. News of the development spread fast, and Australia became an early...
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crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/hah.2023.a904714 2023-12-10T09:48:38+01:00 100 Years of Insulin in Australia Colagiuri, Stephen Wilkinson, Roger Storey, Catherine Cuthbertson, Andrew Bennett, Clive N. Lush, Studley Cox, Emma (Sainsbury) Bootcov, Michelle Coleborne, Catharine 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hah.2023.a904714 en eng Project MUSE Health and History volume 25, issue 1, page 92-112 ISSN 1839-3314 journal-article 2023 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/hah.2023.a904714 2023-11-10T10:21:55Z Abstract: In 1921, Frederick Banting and his colleagues in Toronto, Canada, first used insulin for managing type 1 diabetes. Insulin transformed the disease from a death sentence to a chronic condition requiring life-long management. News of the development spread fast, and Australia became an early therapeutic adoptor and manufacturer of insulin; the same year Australian physicians were experimenting with insulin. An estimated 1.8 million Australians live with diabetes; it remains a significant health problem for First Nations Australians. In this witness seminar, the achievements of the first 100 years of insulin are celebrated. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Johns Hopkins University Press (via Crossref) Canada Health and History 25 1 92 112 |
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Abstract: In 1921, Frederick Banting and his colleagues in Toronto, Canada, first used insulin for managing type 1 diabetes. Insulin transformed the disease from a death sentence to a chronic condition requiring life-long management. News of the development spread fast, and Australia became an early therapeutic adoptor and manufacturer of insulin; the same year Australian physicians were experimenting with insulin. An estimated 1.8 million Australians live with diabetes; it remains a significant health problem for First Nations Australians. In this witness seminar, the achievements of the first 100 years of insulin are celebrated. |
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