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Sugar in Urine
In the early 1800s, researchers developed first tests to look for sugar in urine -
Bernard
Bernard found that the liver stores glycogen and secretes a sugary substance into the blood -
Eat Sugar
French Physician, Priorry, instructed diabetic patients to eat sugar. He was incorrect. -
Von Mering
Von Mering found that removing the pancreas can cause diabetes -
Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting discovered insulin from experimenting with dogs -
First Insulin Injection
A 14 year old boy with diabetes was injected with insulin for the first time, but it failed and he passed away -
Purified Insulin
Insulin was purified and then injected into diabetic patients, this time successful -
Insulin Produced Commercially
Insulin commerical production and distribution began -
Discovery Insulin Composition
Insulin was crystallized by JJ Abel and Frederick Sanger found that the composition of insulin consists of two chains of 51 amino acids and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. -
Symptom Connections
The first links between diabetes and kidney and eye disease were made. -
Types
Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes were identified. -
Blood Glucose Strips
Strips were invented for dripping blood onto a sheet of paper, allowing it to dry for one minute and then comparing the color to tesgt for glucose levels in blood -
Recombinant Insulin Approved
FDA approved the first recombinant Insulin (lispro/Humalog)
