Person

Best, Charles Herbert (1899 - 1978)

Born
27 February 1899
West Pembroke, Maine, United States of America
Died
31 March 1978
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation
Physiologist

Summary

Charles Best, together with Frederick Banting, isolated insulin from the pancreas in 1921 and showed its use in the treatment of diabetes. He also studied cardiovascular disease and established the clinical use of heparin as an anticoagulant for blood in the treatment of thrombosis.

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1952
Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

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Rosanne Walker

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