James Collip

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James Collip was a Canadian biochemist best known as a key member of the team that developed insulin as a treatment for diabetes.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
biochemist
human
medical researcher
awardReceived Banting Medal
Copley Medal of the Royal Society of Canada
Flavelle Medal
citizenship Canadian
contributedTo first clinical use of insulin in humans
countryOfCitizenship Canada
coWorker Charles Best
Frederick Banting
John Macleod NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Toronto NERFINISHED
employer University of Alberta
University of Toronto NERFINISHED
familyName Collip
fieldOfWork biochemistry
endocrinology
hormone research
givenName James
hasAcademicDiscipline medical biochemistry
influenced modern diabetes therapy
knownFor purification of insulin for clinical use
languageSpoken English
memberOf Royal Society of Canada
University of Toronto insulin research team
notableAchievement developed a method to purify insulin extracts to make them safe and effective for human patients
helped establish insulin as a standard treatment for diabetes worldwide
notableWork development of insulin as a treatment for diabetes
occupation biochemist
university professor
partOf history of diabetes treatment
positionHeld dean of medicine at the University of Western Ontario
researchSubject insulin
parathyroid hormone
pituitary hormones
sexOrGender male
workLocation University of Toronto NERFINISHED

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Charles Best
Frederick Banting
collaboratedWith

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