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James Collip, MD PhD
Dr. James Collip is perhaps best known as a member of the team that discovered Insulin. Long after his role in that momentous discovery, however,…
John Browne, MD PhD
Hormones, Health and Medical Education & Training, Hormones
Dr. John Symonds Lyon Browne received great acclaim for his work in endocrinology and became a leader in medical education at McGill University
Sir Frederick Banting, MD
Before the work of Sir Frederick Banting, diabetes was a deadly childhood condition. In 1923, Banting and his team announced their discovery of…
Jacques Genest, MD
Hormones, Genitourinary Tract, Leadership in Organizational Development
Dr. Jacques Genest became the pre-eminent Canadian investigator of the cause and treatment of high blood pressure. He also became a champion of…
Douglas Harold Copp, MD
Hormones, Skin, Bones, Muscles & Joints
In 1961, Dr. Douglas Harold Copp's research into hormones led to the groundbreaking discovery of calcitonin, a hormone which regulates the level…
Charles H. Best, MD DSc
Blood, Diabetes, Heart & Vessels, Leadership in Organizational Development, Hormones, Diabetes
Dr. Charles Best had not even graduated medical school when he became involved in one of the most important medical breakthroughs of the 20th…