Dr. Charles Herbert Best, CC (February 27, 1899 - March 31, 1978) was a medical scientist. He was born in West Pembroke, Maine, USA to Canadian parents. While a 22-year-old student studying medicine at the University of Toronto, he worked as an assistant to Dr. Frederick Banting and played a role in the discovery of the pancreatic hormone insulin-one of the most significant advances in medicine at the time, enabling an effective treatment of diabetes. Wikipedia
It's been the elusive cure, one that scientists have felt they've been on the brink of breaking for the past 80 years. But for years, diabetes has remained a treatable but not yet cured disease. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of death by disease archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-75-702/science_technology/diabetes/
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