Charles Best
Birthdate: February 27, 1899
Birthplace: West Pembroke, Maine
Date of Death:March 31, 1978
Place of Death: Toronto, Ontario
Title: Biochemist; Professor
Career & Research
· After graduating in biochemistry, started working with Fredrick Banting on the problem of diabetes
· Co-discoverer of insulin
· Began experiments on pancreatic secretions in an attempti to find treatment for diabetes, 1921
· Co-developed an anti-diabetic extract which was then purified by James Collip, a biochemist
· First successful clinical test of insulin on a human diabetic were held on January 23, 1922
Education
· DSc University of London, 1928
Honours & Awards
· Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1923
· Flavelle Medal, 1950
· Pan American Prize (Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation of Brazil)
· Received 18 Honourary degrees from universities around the world including University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Toronto and University of Amsterdam
· Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, 1994
· National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2004
· Member of Royal Society of Canada
Birthplace: West Pembroke, Maine
Date of Death:March 31, 1978
Place of Death: Toronto, Ontario
Title: Biochemist; Professor
Career & Research
· After graduating in biochemistry, started working with Fredrick Banting on the problem of diabetes
· Co-discoverer of insulin
· Began experiments on pancreatic secretions in an attempti to find treatment for diabetes, 1921
· Co-developed an anti-diabetic extract which was then purified by James Collip, a biochemist
· First successful clinical test of insulin on a human diabetic were held on January 23, 1922
Education
· DSc University of London, 1928
Honours & Awards
· Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1923
· Flavelle Medal, 1950
· Pan American Prize (Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation of Brazil)
· Received 18 Honourary degrees from universities around the world including University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Toronto and University of Amsterdam
· Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, 1994
· National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2004
· Member of Royal Society of Canada