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The power of the pancreas

Chapter 1

The dual agent of the body

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Chapter 2

The master of sugar control

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Chapter 3

The ultimate digestive factory

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Chapter 4

The history of pancreatic discovery

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Chapter 5

Keeping the pancreas happy

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Ch 4 · The history of pancreatic discovery
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artiteacher The historic Toronto breakthrough of insulin

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Pocket Pancreas Pal

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artiteacher How ancient doctors identified sweet urine

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artiteacher The fast Nobel prize for insulin

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artiteacher The history of pancreatic discovery

Take the pancreas out and the sugar runs high! (Oh, it runs so high!) / That's how we learned it rules the body's sweet tide! (Yeah, the sweet tide!)

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The historic Toronto breakthrough of insulin

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Fun Fact

Medical bargain: In 1923, insulin's discoverers sold the patent for just one dollar to keep it affordable.

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How an accidental experiment discovered diabetes

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Glossary
pancreas (noun)
A large gland behind the stomach that secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum and hormones into the blood. Greek anatomist Rufus of Ephesus first named the organ around 100 AD.

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Quiz

What did ancient Indian medical texts call diabetes due to its sweet urine symptom?

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Gossip

Which medical discovery is most important?

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Which university was the site of the historic 1921 discovery of insulin?

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In which year did Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolate insulin?

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Who was the first human patient successfully treated with insulin in 1922?

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Which animal was primarily used in the early 1921 experiments to isolate insulin?

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How did Minkowski and von Mering prove the pancreas-diabetes link in 1889?

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How much did Banting and his colleagues sell the original insulin patent for in 1923?

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Which hormone did Romanian scientist Nicolae Paulescu isolate in 1916 under the name pancreine?

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