First Insulin Trial

First Insulin Trial

In 1922, scientists went to a hospital ward with comatose children, dying from diabetic keto-acidosis. They went from bed to bed injecting the kids with a new extract named insulin. As they injected the last comatose child, the first one injected began to awaken.

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