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Biographical entry Best, Charles Herbert (1899 - 1978)
- Born
- 27 February 1899
Canada - Died
- 31 March 1978
- Occupation
- Physiologist
Summary
Charles Herbert Best, together with Frederick Banting, isolated insulin from the pancreas in 1921 and showed its use in the treatment of diabetes. He also studied cardiovascular disease and established the clinical use of heparin as an anticoagulant for blood in the treatment of thrombosis.
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- National Library of Australia, 'Best, Charles Herbert', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-792642. 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=P003372. Details
- Glover, W. E., 'Robert Ford Whelan 1922-1984', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 3, 1986, pp. 409-421. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9860630409.htm. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 24 May 2006
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