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Best and I worked in the sub-basement of the old medical building day and night. Time, meals, sleep - all were of secondary consideration. We had to get insulin into a form that was refined enough for continued clinical use.
Frederick Banting
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— Frederick Banting

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Best and I worked in the sub-basement of the old medical building day and night. Time, meals, sleep - all were of secondary consideration. We had to get insulin into a form that was refined enough for continued clinical use. — Frederick Banting

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Frederick Banting was a Scientist from Canada (1891–1941).

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Who said "Best and I worked in the sub-basement of the old medical building day and night…"?
This quote is attributed to Frederick Banting, a Scientist from Canada.
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Frederick Banting lived from 1891 – 1941.