100 years of insulin: How immunotherapy could be future of diabetes treatment This year is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. Before this discovery, diabetes was a fatal condition with a short lifespan for those with the condition. But in 1921, three scientists from the University of Toronto, Sir Frederick G Banting, Charles […]
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Caravan of U.S. diabetics brings battle over American insulin to its London birthplace
Around two dozen American diabetics arrived at London’s Banting House this weekend, travelling in an “insulin caravan” for 16 hours to raise awareness about the life-saving hormone’s rising costs south of the border. The Caravan to Canada, planned by the insulin affordability advocacy group T1 International, began its journey in Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday, making […]