Frederick Banting

Full Name: Frederick Grant Banting
Profession: Medical Scientist and Physician

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Biography: Frederick Banting was a Canadian medical scientist, physician, and Nobel laureate noted for his role in the discovery of insulin. This was a monumental breakthrough in the treatment of diabetes, a disease that, prior to the discovery of insulin, often resulted in premature death. Banting shared the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with his colleague John James Rickard Macleod, a recognition of the profound impact of their work.

Banting's journey to the discovery of insulin was marked by persistence and collaboration. Working with his student assistant Charles Best in Macleod's laboratory at the University of Toronto, Banting was able to isolate the hormone insulin for the first time. This would not have been possible without Banting's innovative approach to tackling the pancreas's secretion problem, a task many other researchers had unsuccessfully attempted.

In the years following the discovery of insulin, Banting continued to contribute to medical science. He also became heavily involved in military and aviation medicine during World War II.

Born: November 14, 1891
Birthplace: Alliston, Ontario, Canada

Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Scorpio

Died: February 21, 1941 (aged 49)
Cause of Death: Plane crash