Frederick Banting
Medical Scientists
VBL Therapeutics
Israel
Biography
he had already become interested in diabetes through various journals and papers. Previous researches by Naunyn, Minkowski, Opie, and Schafer suggested that diabetes was caused from a deficiency of a protein hormone secreted in the pancreas. Schafer had named the hormone ‘insulin’.
Research Interest
He received a lifetime annuity to work on his research from the Canadian government and was also knighted by King George V.
