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Veterinary case reports on display about diabetes diagnosis and management in dogs, cats, mandrills, African spotted leopard, golden lion tamarin and a California sea lion.
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Display table with diabetes consumer information, adjacent to a donated continuous glucose monitoring device and insulin pen with accompanying patent descriptions and blueprint diagrams.
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Halton Room entrance decorated for the centennial event
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Dr. Tonya Anderson (front) preparing for the event with audio and visual assistance from Emerging Media Communications Broadcast Media Manager, Natasha Stracener (back)
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Marketing announcement created for exhibit program for the exhibit "Centennial Celebration of the Discovery of Insulin"
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The Lunch & Learn is featured on the World Diabetes Day website, including the interactive map of events.
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Photographs of one exhibit case/vitrines showing all selected items.
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Photographs of one exhibit case/vitrines showing all selected items.
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From Nature: Nearly 100 years since insulin was first used in the treatment of diabetes, Professor Chantal Mathieu, Professor of Medicine at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, takes us through the history, development and future of this life saving drug.
Read more at nature.com/immersive/d42859-021-00002-5/index.html
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This timeline tracks the discovery of insulin in honor of World Diabetes Day and "Insulin at 100."
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This signage in the display case directs viewers to the e-book "Therapeutic Perspectives in Type-1 Diabetes" and includes citation information and a QR code to link to the library catalog record.
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Selection of items and labels including the 1888 "Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences" by Charles E de M Sajous.
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Photograph shows the book "Glucose Regulation" by Celia M. Levesque in the exhibit case/vitrine with other selected items.
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This image is a reproduction of the book cover and lists the title and author.
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This images shows a selection of books on display. Items include Diabetes Sourcebook, which is a basic consumer health information about type 1 and type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and other types of diabetes and prediabetes, with details about medical, dietary, and lifestyle disease management issues, including blood glucose monitoring, meal planning, weight control, oral diabetes medications, and insulin ; along with facts about the most common complications of diabetes and their prevention, current research in diabetes care, tips for people following a diabetic diet, a glossary of related terms, and a directory of resources for further help and information
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Poster created for the insulin exhibit
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Collection of stamps commemorating the discovery of insulin and the scientists who created it. On loan from Dr. David Rabinovich from the UNC Charlotte Department of Chemistry and Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering.
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Timeline showing the development of insulin copied from scholarly journal listed below.
Vecchio, I., Tornali, C., Bragazzi, N. L., & Martini, M. (2018). The Discovery of Insulin: An Important Milestone in the History of Medicine. Frontiers in Endocrinology 9, article # 613–613.
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This screenshot shows part of the exhibit video created to compliment the installation.
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This slide is the exhibit's welcome image on the display monitor.
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Bottle of insulin from Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, University of Toronto, dated Nov. 5, 1923. The University of Toronto, The Discovery and Early Development of Insulin.
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This Heritage Minute follows scientists Banting, Best, Collip and Macleod at the University of Toronto as they race for a treatment to cure 13-year-old Leonard Thompson of his life-threatening diagnosis of diabetes.
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Print advertisement for insulin. Product was distributed to over 40 countries in the 1930s.