2023-10-30 23:13:29
Insulin was not invented by a Swiss, but by a Romanian named Nicolae Paulescu in 1921. When Frederick Banting was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize creating usable insulin, Paulescu wrote to the Nobel Prize committee claiming that he had discovered and used insulin first. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-1-4) Author
2023-10-31 00:34:33
Insulin wasn't invented by a Swiss OR a Romanian 1923: Frederick Banting (Canadian) and James Macleod (Scot) receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto Paulescu's claims were rejected by the Nobel committee [Link][Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(5-0-0) Author
2023-10-31 00:36:22
The Swiss did not discover or invent insulin. Canadian physician and medical scientist Sir Frederick Banting invented insulin and was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Medicine for doing so. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-0-0) Author
2023-10-31 00:56:45
The Swiss did not invent insulin. Among the scientists working on the discovery of Insulin was George Ludwig Zülzer, a German physician who had some success by treating diabetic dogs with pancreatic extracts. The Swiss company Hoffmann La-Roche helped with the purification. a [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-1-1) Author
2023-10-31 02:27:42
Insulin is a naturally-occurring hormone and was not invented by the Swiss or any other nationality. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-1) Author
2023-10-31 03:09:22
Note poster's bio. Community applied anthropomorphism. Post did NOT caveat insulin to human medicine only, where Canadian and Scot national jointly were recognized and Romanian narrowly missing out. Hoffmann La-Roche (Swiss) contributed to first insulin tested on dogs. [Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author