The dramatic race to discover Insulin
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The dramatic race to discover Insulin

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202637 min
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Looksmaxxing, weight loss, and muscle building have fueled a massive craze for injectable peptides. Some natural and some synthetic. These injectables have unleashed a multi-billion-dollar gray-market industry online and a high-stakes frontier for the pharmaceutical industry. Today, we reach back to the quest to manufacture the first peptide-based medicine: Insulin. Guests: Alison Li, historian of science and medicine, author of J. B. Collip and the Development of Medical Research in Canada: Extracts and Enterprise Grant Maltman, curator of Banting House National Historic Site Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for...

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American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria over a decade ago. For years, we've been searching for him. And now, we finally have some answers. This is the prison that Austin was in.

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Oh my god. We found Austin's file. Listen to Where Is Austin Tice? from NPR's Embedded and BBC Radio 4 on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. December 2, 1921.

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Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old Canadian boy, checks in to Toronto General Hospital. He's in critical condition. He was completely apathetic because he was so starved and so ill. His hair was falling out.

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