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the hormone that begs your cells to let sugar in, and sometimes gets ghosted.
means a pancreatic hormone that lets glucose move from blood into cells for energy, keeping blood sugar in check.
from from latin insula, island, because it's made in the pancreas's islets of langerhans, clusters of cells discovered in 1869 by paul langerhans, decades before anyone knew what they secreted.
1921 discoverybanting and best isolated it in a toronto lab using dogs
nobel snubbest was left off the 1923 nobel prize, still debated
patent pricesold for one dollar so it stayed affordable
first patientleonard thompson, 14, near death, recovered within days in 1922
for instance
humalog — eli lilly's fast-acting analog, approved 1996
lantus — sanofi's long-acting basal insulin, launched 2000
nph insulin — 1946 protamine formula still used worldwide for its low cost