The Children Who Got Their Futures Back
In short: The discovery of insulin in 1922 transformed type 1 diabetes from a fatal childhood diagnosis into a treatable condition, moving beyond the era of severe starvation diets.
A 1:19 short film in the series “The Discovery of Insulin”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, “Starvation Diets: The History and Moral Implications of Prolonging the Lives of Juvenile Diabetics Before the Discovery of Insulin”; Smithsonian Institution, “Insulin and Diabetes Management”; Springer (Diabetologia), “The discovery of insulin in Toronto: beginning a 100 year journey of research and clinical achievement - Diabetologia”; Nobel Prize, “The “miracle” discovery that reversed the diabetes death sentence”; UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence, “Leonard Thompson Received First Human Insulin Injection to Treat Diabetes | January 1922”; Nature, “A history of insulin: initial discovery to first use in the treatment of T1D”.
Sources used in this film
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln — Starvation Diets: The History and Moral Implications of Prolonging the Lives of Juvenile Diabetics Before the Discovery of Insulin · View →
- Smithsonian Institution — Insulin and Diabetes Management · View →
- Springer (Diabetologia) — The discovery of insulin in Toronto: beginning a 100 year journey of research and clinical achievement - Diabetologia · View →
- Nobel Prize — The “miracle” discovery that reversed the diabetes death sentence · View →
- UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence — Leonard Thompson Received First Human Insulin Injection to Treat Diabetes | January 1922 · View →
- Nature — A history of insulin: initial discovery to first use in the treatment of T1D · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: University of Nebraska - Lincoln: Starvation Diets: The History and Moral Implications of Prolonging the Lives of Juvenile Diabetics Before the Discovery of Insulin
- Also: Smithsonian Institution: Insulin and Diabetes Management
- Also: Springer (Diabetologia): The discovery of insulin in Toronto: beginning a 100 year journey of research and clinical achievement - Diabetologia
- Also: The “miracle” discovery that reversed the diabetes death sentence
- Also: UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence: Leonard Thompson Received First Human Insulin Injection to Treat Diabetes | January 1922
- Also: Nature: A history of insulin: initial discovery to first use in the treatment of T1D
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