In 1922, a group of scientists went to the Toronto General Hospital where diabetic children were kept in wards, often 50 or more at a time. Most were comatose and dying from diabetic ketoacidosis. Others were being treated on an extremely strict diet, which inevitably led to starvation.
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One by one, all the children awoke from their diabetic comas. A room of death and gloom became a place of joy and hope.
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With the help of James Collip insulin was purified, making it available for the successful treatment of diabetes.
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Banting and Macleod earned a Nobel Prize for their work in 1923.
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