discovery of insulin

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discovery
noun
uk
/dɪˈskʌv.ər.i/us
/dɪˈskʌv.ɚ.i/
the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that ...
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insulin
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɪn.sjə.lɪn/us
/ˈɪn.sə.lɪn/
a hormone in the body that controls the amount of sugar in ...
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(Definition ofdiscoveryandinsulinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One said it was the greatest advance in diabetes treatment since thediscoveryofinsulin.
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They were optimistic that science would eventually lead to improvements in care for chronic disease, as thediscoveryofinsulinhad exemplified for diabetes in the 1920s.
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With the greatdiscoveryofinsulina man with diabetes can still go on with his work and be a producer.
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Another great triumph was thediscoveryofinsulinin 1922 which revolutionised the treatment of diabetes.
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It is worth remembering that before thediscoveryofinsulinsuch diabetics simply died; today they can lead normal lives, but the key is control of their condition.
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Banting in thediscoveryofinsulin.
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Type 1 diabetes was, until thediscoveryofinsulin, a death sentence within two years, he wrote later.
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While he initially took an interest in obstetrics and orthopedic surgery, thediscoveryofinsulinattracted him to internal medicine, specifically the study of metabolism.
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Only a few years earlier, before thediscoveryofinsulin, such a diagnosis would have been fatal.
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These were the early efforts which eventually helped lead to thediscoveryofinsulin.
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In the 1920s, after thediscoveryofinsulinand its use in the treatment of diabetics, hyperinsulinism was suspected to be a cause of hypoglycemia in non-diabetics.
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