Biographical entry Banting, Frederick Grant (1891 - 1941)
- Born
- 14 November 1891
Canada - Died
- 21 February 1941
- Occupation
- Physiologist
Summary
(Sir) Frederick Grant Banting, together with Charles Best, isolated insulin from the pancreas in 1921 and showed its use in the treatment of diabetes. This won him a Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1923.
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Published resources
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Banting, Frederick Grant', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475584. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003356. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 24 May 2006
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