Photo: In this lab, Banting and Best carried out early experiments which ... islets of Langerhans (called "insulin," from the Latin for "island") to diabetic dogs, their abnormally high blood ...

Another noteworthy medical breakthrough facilitated by animal experiments was the discovery and refinement of insulin therapy for diabetes. Dogs played a crucial role in early experiments that led to ...

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