Diabetes Research

8/20/18

Since Banting and Best’s discovery of insulin in Toronto in 1921, the scope
of diabetes reserch in Canada has been vast. The innovative research funded
by Diabetes Canada has contributed to key advances in mapping and
understanding the physiology, biochemistry, and genetics of the disease.
Although the topics of Canadian researchers are varied and unique, the
objective of every study remains the same – to find a cure and improve the
qualitie of life of people living with diabetes.

Timeline

Discovery of Insulin 1921

World War II Begins 1939

End of Cold War 1989