The history of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of insulin

In 2021 we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, which 1923 was awarded with a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Banting and MacLeod.The development of insulin was foregone by an interesting piece of medical history starting with the first known mentioning of a disease resembling diabetes about 1550 BC in Ebers ́ papyrus. The Indian physician Charaka made the first reference to the sweetness of the urine about 280 BC while the connection of the sweet taste of urine with an excess of sugar in the blood remained undescribed until 1776 when Dobson published his first experience on this subject.
Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Source Type: research