In the Face of High Costs, DIYers Hope to Brew Their Own Insulin

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Soon after Federick Banting discovered that insulin could be used to treat diabetes in 1921, he sold the patent to the University of Toronto for about a dollar. Banting received the Nobel prize because his discovery meant a life-saving drug could become widely available. Nearly a century later, an American with diabetes can pay as much as US$400 per month for insulin, driving some uninsured patients to desperate and dangerous measures. Clearly, something went wrong.


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a dollar? oh my, the price we pay for these medicines is quite high and is ripping the budget just to live.