Insulin: References & Edit History
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Article Contributors
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Robert D. Utiger
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Types of Insulin. | Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Food and Drug Administration - 100 Years of Insulin. | Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Evolution of insulin at the edge of foldability and its medical implications. | Feb 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NHS - Insulin. | Jan 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Chemical Society - Insulin Development and Commercialization. | Sep 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC Medicine - Insulin: too much of a good thing is bad. | Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Insulin and glucagon. | Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Diabetes Association - Insulin Basics for Diabetes. | Jun 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Types of Insulin for Diabetes Treatment. | Mar 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Insulin. | Dec 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is Insulin? | Sep 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Nicolae Paulescu and Insulin. | Feb 14, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Nov 10, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - Everything You Need to Know About Insulin. | Oct 04, 2017 | ||
| Added an illustration of Canadian scientists Sir Frederick G. Banting and Charles H. Best testing insulin on a diabetic dog. | Nov 14, 2012 | ||
| Added information on Romanian physiologist Nicolas C. Paulescu, Scottish physiologist J.J.R. Macleod, and Canadian chemist James B. Collip. Also added mention of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. | Jul 28, 2011 | ||
| Added information on the structure of insulin, the factors that stimulate insulin secretion, the primary actions of insulin, and the generation of human insulin through recombinant DNA technology. | Nov 05, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Insulin Test. | Sep 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Health - History of Insulin. | Aug 01, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Discovery of Insulin - Biography of John James Richard Macleod. | Jan 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS Online - Peoples and Discoveries - Charles Best. | Dec 05, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS Online - Peoples and Discoveries - Charles Best. | Dec 05, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: International Diabetes Center - Disease Information. | Sep 18, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 31, 1998 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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