Banting and Best Department of Medical Research

Banting and Best Department of Medical Research

Banting and Best Department of Medical Research is the preeminent Canadian biomedical research institute located on the campus of University of Toronto. The department is named after Drs. Frederick Banting and Charles Best, who discovered insulin and subsequently won a Nobel Prize in medicine.


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  • Banting, Sir Frederick Grant — born Nov. 14, 1891, Alliston, Ont., Can. died Feb. 21, 1941, Nfd. Canadian physician. He taught at the University of Toronto from 1923. With Charles Best, he was the first to obtain a pancreatic extract of insulin (1921), which, in the laboratory …   Universalium

  • Best, Charles H. — ▪ American physiologist in full  Charles Herbert Best   born Feb. 27, 1899, West Pembroke, Maine, U.S. died March 31, 1978, Toronto, Ont., Can.  physiologist who, with Sir Frederick Banting (Banting, Sir Frederick Grant), was the first to obtain… …   Universalium

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  • List of University of Toronto people — This is a list of people involved with the University of Toronto. Chancellors Presidents # Bishop John Strachan (1827 – 1848) # John McCaul (1848 – 1853) # Sir Daniel Wilson (1889 – 1892) # James Loudon (1892 – 1906) # Sir Robert Falconer (1907 – …   Wikipedia

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  • Toronto, University of — Public university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1843 and reorganized in 1853 and 1887. It comprises nine undergraduate colleges, three formerly independent but now federated universities, four affiliated theological colleges, and …   Universalium

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