{"id":14996,"date":"2022-05-31T13:08:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=208904"},"modified":"2022-05-31T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:27:10","slug":"the-birth-of-insulin-a-scientific-drama","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-birth-of-insulin-a-scientific-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"The birth of insulin: a scientific drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Emily Briffett\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>One hundred years on from Fred Banting and Charles Best\u2019s discovery, Dr Kersten Hall tells the tale of insulin and its vital role in helping people with diabetes. Speaking with Emily Briffett, he explores the other unsung heroes involved in the drama that saw insulin develop from \u201cthick brown muck\u201d to wall street gold.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-208904-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/Insulinhistory-95a3775.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/Insulinhistory-95a3775.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/Insulinhistory-95a3775.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Kersten Hall is the author of <em>Insulin \u2013 The Crooked Timber: A History from Thick Brown Muck to Wall Street Gold<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/insulin-the-crooked-timber-a-history-from-thick-brown-muck-to-wall-street-gold\/9780192855381&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Insulin-Crooked-Timber-History-Street\/dp\/0192855387?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/insulin-the-crooked-timber\/kersten-t-hall\/9780192855381&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Briffett Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 12:00 am One hundred years on from Fred Banting and Charles Best\u2019s discovery, Dr Kersten Hall tells the tale of insulin and its vital role in helping people with diabetes. 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