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.

Details

Chronology

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

Published resources

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q867690. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/109449454. Details
'Best, Charles Herbert (1899-1978)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-792642. Details
'Awarded honorary LLD, 1952', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details

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